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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, test 65 μm long, 37 μm wide, scales elliptical in shape, 9 μm long, 8 μm wide, L/W=1.1, x 640, drainage ditch near Torimiyama park, Kagami-ishi town, Fukushima Pref., Japan, August 2003, by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Euglypha acanthophora Euglypha acanthophora

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