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Lobosea: Testacealobosia: Arcellinida: Difflugiidae

 Difflugia sp.
LeClerc, 1815

Difflugia Genus: Pseudostome lacks lobed collar; test round or oval in cross-section; with or lacking a collar (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species:

Difflugia sp. (Difflugia bipes ?), test 150 μm long (including spiny projections, 30 μm), 80 μm wide, L/W=, pseudostome 50 μm wide, x 400, x 640, Maimeno-ike (pond), Norikura highland, Azumi, Matsumoto city (formerly Azumi village), Nagano Pref., Japan, June 8, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Test 155 μm long (including spiny projections, 45 μm), μm wide, L/W=, pseudostome μm wide, x 400, x 640
Difflugia Difflugia
Test 125 μm long, 80 μm wide, L/W=, pseudostome 55 μm wide, x 400, x 640
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Images of collecting locality: Maimeno-ike (pond), Norikura highland, Azumi, Matsumoto city (formerly Azumi village), Nagano Pref., Japan, June 8, 2006 by Y. Tsukii

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