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Lobosea: Gymnamoebia: Amoebida: Acanthapodina: Echinamoebidae

 Filamoeba sp.
Page, 1967

Filamoeba Family: Oval to flattened, or elongated; thin to spiny pseudopodia; endocysts not polygonal; lack opercula (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Genus: Pseudopods long, numerous, formed from hyaline zones (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Pseudopods not anastomosing.

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Filamoeba sp. ?, quite similar to Vampyrella, cell body μm long, μm wide, x 200, x 400, x 640, Higashi-hiroshima, Hiroshima Pref., Japan, November 1998, by Y. Tsukii
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