Family & Genus: With branching, anastomosing pseudopodis, maily at extremities (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Genus: When inactive, rounded or ovoid; when active, expanded; 1 or more contractile vacuoles; fresh water (Kudo, 1966).

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Penardia sp. μm Japan, 1997	Penardia sp. μm Kanazawa Ishikawa, 1998 Movies	Penardia sp. ? μm Japan, 1998	Penardia sp. μm O-ike park Yabuki Fukushima, 2003
Penardia sp. or Filamoeba ? μm Japan, 1998	Penardia sp. or Filamoeba ? μm Saitama, 1999	Penardia sp. or Filamoeba ? μm Japan, 1998	Penardia sp. or Filamoeba ? μm Kuroiso Tochigi, 1998 Movies
Penardia sp. or Filamoeba ? μm Yamagata, 1999	Penardia sp. μm Toneri Park Tokyo, 2001	Penardia sp. ? μm Higusa-numa Hikari Chiba, 2003	Penardia sp. 20 μm near Oyomi marsh Hakuba Nagano, 2004
Penardia sp. ? μm Univ. A.V.M. Obihiro Hokkaido, 2005	Penardia sp. μm Onnenai Kushiro marsh Hokkaido, 2005	Penardia sp. or Filamoeba ? μm near Toda bridge Itabashi-ku Tokyo, 2005	Penardia sp. or Filamoeba ? 40 x 30 μm Sayama park Higashi-Murayama Tokyo, 2006

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