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Filosea: Gromiida: Gromiina: Pseudodifflugiidae

 Diaphoropodon sp.
Archer, 1869
Diaphorodon (Illustrated Guide, 1985)
Diaphoropodon (Illustrated Guide 2nd., 2000)

Diaphoropodon Genus: Test ovoid, flexible, with minute foreign bodies and a thick covering of hyaline hair-like (or spine-like) projections; pseudopodia long, filose, branching (Kudo, 1966).
Species:
Similar Genus -->> Pseudodifflugia; Difflugia

Diaphoropodon sp. (mobile ?), test 66-88 μm long, 21-25 μm wide, spine-like projections 4-7 μm long, pseudostome 18 μm diam., x 400, Japan, 1998 by Y. Tsukii
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D. mobile Archer, 1869: 60-120 μm long, 40-80 μm diam., test ovoid, flexible, attached particles; spinelike projections 8-10 μm long; pseudostome terminal 10-20 μm, variable shape (Illustrated Guide, 1985). One to two contractile vacuoles (Kudo, 1966).

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