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Lobosea: Testacealobosia: Arcellinida: Arcellina: Cochliopodidae

Cochliopodium minus
Page, 1976

Cochliopodium minus Genus: Tectum flexible, punctate, spiny or folded; body mound-like in locomotion; pseudopods clear, conical, under or through tectum (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: Disc-like in locomotion; anterior hyaloplasmic border sometimes producing short, finely conical pseudopodia; posterior border sometimes trailing short filaments; 14.5-38.5 μm in locomotion, usually 19-38 μm; nucleus, 4.8-6.9 μm (Page, 1976).


Cochliopodium minus (or actinophorum ?), cell body μm long, μm wide, x 640, Daidarabotchi-ike (or Daizahoshi-ike), Iizuna-kogen (Iizuna Highland), Nagano city, Nagano Pref., September 2003, by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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