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Lobosea: Gymnamoebia: Amoebida: Thecina: Discamoebidae

 Vannella platypodia
GlŠser, 1912

Vannella platypodia Genus: Body fan-shaped in locomotion; Anterior, clear fan lacks bosses (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: Locomotive form somewhat longer than broad; spatulate; greatest size 10-25 μm; nucleus 3.4-4.8 μm (Page, 1976).
Similar Genus --> Clydonella

Vannella platypodia, cell body 22 μm long, 22 μm wide, x 400, Japan, 199? by Y. Tsukii
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