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Lobosea: Gymnamoebia: Amoebida: Flabellina: Hyalodiscidae

Hyalodiscus rubicundus
Hertwig & Lesser 1874

Hyalodiscus Family: More ore less broadly ovate, granular mass postcentral, usually surrounded by clear border.
Genus: Without pseudopods from clear border; body mass as a post-central hump (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Similar Genus -->> Cochliopodium; Vannella;


Hyalodiscus rubicundus Hertwig & Lesser 1874, lobate pseudopods highly active (cytoplasmic streaming rapid), cytplasmic movement similar to Vampyrella, but filopodia absent, x 640, Omine-numa (pond/marsh), Tsukiyono town, Gunma Pref., Japan, September 2003 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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