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Lobosea: Gymnamoebia: Amoebida: Conopodina: Mayorellidae

Mayorella hohuensis
(Wang, 1932)

Mayorella hohuensis Genus: Clear pseudopods, formed from clear anterior, more or less broad margin (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Group II: Subpseudopodia, broadly based mammilliform or nearly hemisperical pyramids. (b1: Pseudopods triangular; locomotive more than 100 μm)
Species: 80-160 μm; L/B to 8 in moderate to rapid locomotion; pseudopodia hemispherical to broadly conical; nucleus 6 μm (Page, 1976).


Mayorella hohuensis (Wang, 1932) , locomotive cell 100 μm long, 35 μm wide, spherical nucleus 11 μm in diam., x 640, near Kumagaya oh-hashi (large bridge), Ara-kawa (river), Kumagaya city, Saitama Pref., Japan, February 29, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
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Mayorella Mayorella


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