Lobosea:
Gymnamoebia:
Amoebida: Flabellina: Flabellulidae
Rosculus sp.
Hawes, 1963
Genus: Small amoeba with rapidly changing form; sometimes spatulate or flabellate; hyaline zone usually
with smoothly irregular edge; sometimes deeply divided;
one known species ? (Page, 1976).
Species:
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Rosculus sp. or Mayorella ?),
cell body 70-100 μm long, 10-17 μm wide,
nucleus 5 μm in diam., endosome 3 μm in diam.,
x 400, x 640, Saitama Pref., Japan, May-June 1999 by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
R. ithacus: 5-17 μm,
exceptionally 25 μm (Page, 1976).
Locomotive 5-15 μm long, rarely to 25
μm; pseudopods clear, eruptive; uroid none
(Illustrated Guide, 1985).
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