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Lobosea: Gymnamoebia: Amoebida
INCERTAE SEDIS

Pontifex
Schaeffer, 1926

Pontifex Genus: Locomotive, 100-500 μm long; with 2-5 longitudinal ridges, few peripheral bristle-like pseudopods (short, clear, conical, spine-like, 10-12 μm long); ectoplasm clear; endoplasm finely granular; nucleus obscure; contractile vacuole none; vesicles 5-10 μm; crystals none (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
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Pontifex sp. ???, cell body μm long, μm wide, x 400, x 640, Japan, 199? by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640


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