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Lobosea: Gymnamoebia: Amoebida: Tubulina: Hartmannellidae

 Saccamoeba clava
(Schaeffer, 1926)

Saccamoeba lucens Species: Monopodal, 75-125 μm; pseudopods, more or less eruptive; uroid, temporary, of gnarled filaments, 10-15 μm long; ectoplasm smooth; nucleus spherical 14 μm with endosome distinct 8 μm (Illustrated Guide, 1985).

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Saccamoeba clava ?, a large vesicular nucleus, locomotive μm long, pseudopods more or less eruptive like Glaeseria, hyaline cap absent, uroid of gnarled filaments temporary, nucleus about 10 μm in diam., endosome 6.5 μm in diam., x 400, x 640, Higashi-hiroshima, Hiroshima Pref., Japan, December 1998 by Y. Tsukii
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S. wakulla Bovee, 1972: Up to 175 μm (some not exceeding 130 μm); pseudopodia sometimes flattened; distinct hyaline cap in rapid advance; wrinkled villous-bulb uroid; nucleus 3.5-6.5 μm (Page, 1976).

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