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Lobosea: Gymnamoebia: Amoebida: Tubulina: Hartmannellidae

Saccamoeba clava
(Schaeffer, 1926)

Family: Body monopodial; locomotion by slight forward bulging (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Genus: Limax amoebae with hyaline cap reduced to shallow crescent or absent in continuing locomotion, though always seen on initiation of pseudopodium; advance often with non-eruptive slight antero-lateral bulging; villous-bulb uroid with more or less rigid fine villi often present (Page, 1976).

Species: Monopodal, 75-125 μm; pseudopods, more or less eruptive; uroid, temporary, of gnarled filaments, 10-15 μm long; ectoplasm smooth; nucleus spherical 14 μm with endosome distinct 8 μm (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
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Large hyaline cap present
Saccamoeba
S. clava
125 x 31 μm
n. 14 (9) μm φ
Japan, 199?
Saccamoeba
S. clava
109 x 22 μm
n. 10 (6) μm φ
Japan, 1999
Saccamoeba clava
S. clava
90 x 17-26 μm
n. 8 (5) μm φ
Koshigaya
Saitama, 2001
Saccamoeba
S. clava ??
μm
n. 10 (6.5) μm φ
erruptive pseudopods
Hiroshima, 1998
Movies
S. clava
Higashi-hiroshima
Hiroshima, 1998
S. clava
Higashi-hiroshima
Hiroshima, 1998
S. clava
Shinrin-koen
Namegawa
Saitama, 1998
Saccamoeba clava
S. clava ??
68 x 19-26 μm
n. 7.5 (5) μm
Tsuchiura
Ibaraki, 2002
S. clava
Japan, 1998
Hyaline cap absent; multinucleate
Saccamoeba clava
S. clava
135 x 48 μm
n. 6 (4.5) μm φ
Higashi-sano
Hakuba
Nagano, 2004
Saccamoeba
S. clava
122, 6 μm
n. 6 (4) μm φ
multinucleate
Japan, 1999
Movies
Saccamoeba clava
S. clava
80 x 25 μm
n. 8 (4.5) μm φ
multinucleate
Motono
Chiba, 2003
Saccamoeba
S. clava ?
100 x 20 μm
n. 6 (4.5) μm φ
multinucleate
Higashi-sano
Hakuba
Nagano, 2004
Saccamoeba
S. clava ?
100 x 20 μm
n. 6 (3) μm φ
multinucleate
Kamishiro
Hakuba
Nagano, 2004
???
Saccamoeba
S. clava
78 x μm
n. 8 μm φ
hyaline cap absent
Japan, 1999
Saccamoeba
S. clava ??
112 x μm
n. μm φ
hyaline cap absent
or reduced
Hiroshima, 1998


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Saccamoeba clava
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