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Filosea: Gromiida: Euglyphina: Euglyphidae

 Euglypha bryophila
Brown

Euglypha bryophila Genus: Test round or oval in cross-section; pseudostome terminal with dentate scales (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: Test small, hyaline, oviform, sligthly compressed, 35-52 μm long, breadth 0.5-0.6 of the length; thickness 0.8-0.85 of the breadth; pseudostome 7-10 μm wide; body scales 7-9 μm long, 5 μm wide (Cash & Wailes, The British Freshwater Rhizopoda and Heliozoa vol. III, 1915).

Euglypha bryophila Brown, test 42 μm long, 20μm wide, L/W=2.1, pseudostome 8 μm wide, x 640, Kannon-numa Forest Park (pond), Shimogo town, Fukushima Pref., Japan, July 10, 2005, collected by Eizaburo Tsukii, photo by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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