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Filosea: Gromiida: Euglyphina: Euglyphidae

 Sphenoderia fissirostris
Penard

Sphenoderia Genus: Test more or less compressed; pseudostome elliptical on end of a clear collar (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: Test ovoid, formed of 4 tarnsverse rows of oval scales; 28-45 μm long, 20-30 μm wide; pseudostome 8-16 μm; nucleus spherical 10-12 μm in diam. (Cash, 1915).

Sphenoderia fissirostris Penard, cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, x 640, No.4, Shijuhachi-ike (pond), Shiga highland, Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, July 20, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Sphenoderia fissirostris Sphenoderia fissirostris Sphenoderia fissirostris Sphenoderia fissirostris

Images of collecting locality: No.4, Shijuhachi-ike (pond), Shiga highland, Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, July 20, 2008 by Y. Tsukii

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