Family: Pseudostome terminal, of variable shape.
Genus: Pseudostome lacks lobed collar; test round or oval in cross-section; pseudostome relatively large, with or lacking a collar (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: 70-110 μm long; 55-85 μm diam.; test oval, round cross-section; brown, chitinoid, with imbedded siliceous plates, attached debris (Illustrated Guide).

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D. globulosa 63 x 56 μm L/W=1.1 Japan, 199?	D. globulosa 63 x 56 μm L/W=1.1 Japan, 199?	D. globulosa 50 x 50 μm L/W=1.0 Japan, 199?	D. globulosa μm L/W= Japan, 199?
D. globulosa μm L/W= Japan, 199?
D. globulosa ? 32 x 25 μm L/W=1.3 Japan, 199?	D. globulosa ? 31 x 22 μm L/W= near Imori pond Myoko highland Niigata, 2004	D. globulosa ? 25 x 22 μm L/W=1.1 Japan, 199?	D. globulosa ? μm L/W= Japan, 199?
D. globulosa ? μm L/W= Japan, 199?	D. globulosa 24-27 x μm Iroha-numa Zao mountain Yamagata, 2006	D. globulosa 30 x 25 μm Kashibaru m.5 Karatsu Saga, 2006
D. globulosa ? μm L/W= Japan, 1998 Movies	D. globulosa ? μm L/W= Omine-numa Tsukiyono Gunma, 2003	D. globulosa ? 48 x 30 μm L/W=1.6 Koigakubo marsh Tessei-cho Okayama, 2005	D. globulosa ? μm L/W= Miyatoko m.3 Minami-Aizu Fukushima, 2008
D. globulosa ? x 19 μm L/W= Japan, 1999

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