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Lobosea: Gymnamoebia: Amoebida: Thecina: Thecamoebidae

Thecamoeba sphaeronucleolus
(Greefe, 1891) Schaeffer, 1926

Thecamoeba Genus: A flattened ovoid or oblong, with longitudinal surface folds and appearance of thickened 'pellicle'; hyaloplasm a crescent at anterior end with thin extensions toward posterior end along sides; uninucleate (Page, 1976).
Species:


Thecamoeba sp. (sphaeronucleolus ?), locomotive form 138 μm long, a single contractile vauole posterior, x 400, x 640, Saitama Pref., Japan, May-June 1999 by Y. Tsukii
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