Family: Body more or less triangular to spatulate; tapered, round-tipped pseudopods.
Genus: Clear pseudopods, formed from clear anterior, more or less broad margin (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
(Test with short neck, round in cross-section; pseudostome oval or polygonal)

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Group I: Subpseudopodia, digitiform cones
I-a: Cell body more than 60 μm (Page, 1976)
M. bigemma μm Saitama, 1999	M. bigemma ? μm Otawara Tochigi, 2000	M. bigemma ? 94-100, 8, 5 μm pseudopod short trian. Japan, 199?
I-a: Cell body less than 60 μm (Page, 1976)
M. oclawaha 50-69, 2-3 μm Japan, 199?	M. riparia 50-54, 2-3, ? μm Japan, 199?

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