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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 175 μm long (including spiny projection 30 μm), 55 μm wide, L/W=3.2, pseudostome 42 μm wide, x 640, Tanohara marsh, Shiga highland, Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, June 19, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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