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Lobosea: Gymnamoebia: Amoebida: Tubulina: Amoebidae

 Pseudothecamoeba proteoides
Page, 1976

Pseudothecamoeba Genus: Locomotive form elongate, cylindrical; anterior hyaline cap always presents; posterior end narrowed; dorsal surface wrinkled; monopodial locomotive form 60-275 micron; L/B 1.4 - 10.5; cytoplasm highly vacuolated.
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Pseudothecamoeba proteoides Page, cytoplasm highly vacuolated, hyaline zone present at perphery, cell surface wrinkled, uroid present, locomotive form 315 μm long, 80 μm wide, x 400, x 640, Shirasaka, Shirakawa City, Fukushima Pref. Japan, October 1999, collected by H. Shiomizu, photo by Y. Tsukii
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Pseudothecamoeba Pseudothecamoeba
x 400, x 640
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Cysts, Saitama Pref. Japan 2000, by Y. Tsukii
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