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Lobosea: Gymnamoebia: Amoebida: Tubulina: Amoebidae

Polychaos dubium
(Schaeffer, 1916) Schaeffer, 1926
Amoeba dubia Schaeffer 1916; Polychaos dubia Schaeffer-Schaeffer 1926

Genus: Pseudopods meld at bases during polypodial locomotion; nucleus oval (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Usually polypodial; pseudopodia sometimes flattening and broadening towards ends; may be monopodial in rapid locomotion; no dorsal ridges (Page, 1976).
Species: Polypodal, 100-400 μm long; ecto- & endoplasm clear; nucleus, ellipsoid, 37-40 by 30-32 μm (Illustrated Guide, 1985). 200-400 μm; rarely monopodial; nucleus a prolate spheroid, 30-40 μm (Page, 1976). 400 μm; an average of 12 pseudopodia (How to know the protozoa, 1979).
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Polychaos
intact cells
Japan, 1998
Movies
Polychaos
cyst formation ?
Japan, 1998
Movies
Polychaos
intact cells
Japan, 1998
Movies
Polychaos
intact cells
Saitama, 1999
Polychaos dubium
intact cells
Ibaraki, 2000
Polychaos dubium
intact cells
Nagaike park
Hachioji
Tokyo, 2005
Polychaos dubium
intact cells
Shiba river
near Owada Park
Saitama, 2005
Polychaos dubium
P. dubium
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Numa-no-hara m.
Madarao highland
Niigata, 2005
Polychaos dubium
P. dubium
Onnenai
Kushiro marsh
Hokkaido, 2005
Polychaos dubium
P. dubium
Tsutsuji-ga-oka
Tatebayashi
Gunma, 2006
Polychaos dubium
P. dubium
Igashira park
Mooka
Tochigi, 2006
Polychaos
P. dubium
Ko-numa 3
Minakami
Gunma, 2008
Polychaos
P. dubium
Near Omine-numa
Minakami
Gunma, 2008

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Polychaos dubuim
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