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Filosea: Gromiida: Euglyphina: Euglyphidae

 Euglypha filifera
Penard, 1902

Euglypha filifera Genus: Test round or oval in cross-section; pseudostome terminal with dentate scales (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: Test 55-70 μm long; cross-section at greatest breadth, 25-35 μm by 12-20 μm; test long oval, cross section elliptical; body scales long ellipses; spines along lateral border, between scales, many bifurcate, 12-25 μm long; pseudostome with finely dentate border (Illustrated Guide, 1985).

Euglypha filifera, test 60 μm long, 35 μm wide, L/W=1.7, pseudostome 13 μm wide, spines up to 15 μm long, x 640, Tane-ike (pond), Togakushi highland, Shinano town, Nagano Pref., Japan, June 12, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Euglypha Euglypha Euglypha Euglypha

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