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Lobosea: Testacealobosia: Arcellinida: Arcellidae

Arcella vulgaris
Ehrenberg, 1832

Genus: Test variable, chitinoid; binucleate (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Group [Vulgaroides]: Test hemispherical; height 1/2 ~ 4/5 diam.; lacks external shelf or rim.
Species: Test 30-100 μm in diameter; height of test about 1/2 the diameter; dome of hemispherical test evenly convex; pseudostome cicular, central; colorless, yellow, or brown; two vesicular nuclei; several contractile vacuoles (Kudo, 1966).
Test 100-150 μm in diameter, 50-80 high (Illustrated Guide, 1985).


Arcella vulgaris sp., tape No. 0013, time code 2645, test 115 μm in diameter, x 400, x 640, Numanobe, Yamagata city, Yamagata Pref., Japan, October 1999, by Y. Tsukii


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