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Lobosea: Gymnamoebia: Amoebida: Tubulina: Amoebidae

 Pseudothecamoeba proteoides
Page, 1976

Pseudothecamoeba Genus: Locomotive form elongate, cylindrical; anterior hyaline cap always presents; posterior end narrowed; dorsal surface wrinkled; monopodial locomotive form 60-275 micron; L/B 1.4 - 10.5; cytoplasm highly vacuolated.
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Pseudothecamoeba proteoides Page, cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, x 640, Yukawa-numa (pond), Nishiwaga-machi (town), Iwate Pref., Japan, July 28, 2007 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Images of collecting locality: Yukawa-numa (pond), Nishiwaga-machi (town), Iwate Pref., Japan, July 28, 2007 by Y. Tsukii

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