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Lobosea: Testacealobosia: Arcellinida: Difflugiidae

Difflugia bacillariarum
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Difflugia bacillariarum Genus: Pseudostome lacks lobed collar; test round or oval in cross-section; pseudostome relatively large, with or lacking a collar (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species:
Similar species >> D. claviformis; D. acuminata; D. scalpellum;


Difflugia bacillariarum var. elegans (Penard) Cash (similar to D. bacillifera Penard), test 190 μm long (including spiny projection 35 μm), 83 μm wide, L/W=2.3, pseudostome 45 μm wide, x 400, x 640, Ushidome-ike (pond), Norikura highland, Azumi village, Nagano Pref., Japan, May 28, 2005 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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