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Filosea: Gromiida: Euglyphina: Euglyphidae

Euglypha acanthophora
(Ehrenberg, 1838)
(Ehrenberg) Perty (Cash, The British Freshwater Rhizopoda and Heliozoa vol. III, 1915).

Euglypha acanthophora Genus: Test round or oval in cross-section; pseudostome terminal with dentate scales (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: Size, 55-88 μm long; 25-30 μm diam. Cross-section round, pseudostome round; 3- 8 spine-scales 20 to 35 μm long at base (Illustrated Guide, 1985).


Euglypha acanthophora (Ehrenberg, 1838), test 50 μm long, 28 μm wide, pseudostome 18 μm wide, scales μm long, μm wide, L/W=, x 640, a small pond near Yamaguchi university, Yamaguchi city, Yamaguchi Pref., November 21, 2004, by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Euglypha acanthophora Euglypha acanthophora

Euglypha acanthophora (Ehrenberg, 1838), test 50 μm long, 30 μm wide, pseudostome 13 μm wide, x 640, a small pond near Yamaguchi university, Yamaguchi city, Yamaguchi Pref., November 21, 2004, by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Euglypha acanthophora Euglypha acanthophora Euglypha acanthophora


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