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Lobosea: Gymnamoebia: Amoebida: Tubulina: Amoebidae

Polychaos fasciculatum
(Penard, 1902)

Polychaos fasciculatum Genus: Pseudopods meld at bases during polypodial locomotion; nucleus oval (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Usually polypodial; pseudopodia sometimes flattening and broadening towards ends; may be monopodial in rapid locomotion; no dorsal ridges (Page, 1976).
Species: Polypodal, 50-180 μm long, 40-120 μm wide; monopodal up to 180 μm long, about 40 μm wide; pseudopods, lobate, subcylindrical with blunt, rounded caps, meld at bases during locomotion (Illustrated Guide, 1985).


Polychaos fasciculatum ??, polypodal, 39 μm long, 47 μm wide, x 400, x 640, Japan, April 1999, 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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