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Filosea: Gromiida: Euglyphina: Euglyphidae

 Euglypha tuberculata
Dujardin, 1841

Euglypha tuberculata Genus: Test round or oval in cross-section; pseudostome terminal with dentate scales.
Species: Test elongate-oviform with hemispherical crown, not compressed, 45-100 μm long, 24-50 μm wide; pseudostome circular, 10-20 μm diam.; body scales circular to broadly oval in shape, 8-12 in each row, 10-16 μm long (Cash & Wailes, 1915).

Euglypha tuberculata Dujardin, test 50 μm long, 19μm wide, L/W=2.6, pseudostome 10 μm wide, scales circular in shape (7 μm in diam., L/W=1.0), x 640, Suiren-numa (pond), near Hakkoda mountain, Towada city (formerly Towadako town), Aomori Pref., Japan, July 17, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Euglypha Euglypha

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