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    • Microgromia-haeckeliana-oo-7Granofilose – Testate amoeboids with granular filose pseudopodia. Granules are evenly distributed and move slowly or not at all. Shell and pseudopodia appressed to the substratum.
    • LacogromiaGranuloreticulose – Testate amoeboid organisms with branched filopodia over which numerous grains move extremely quickly in both directions and which can form an extensive network (reticulum).
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    • RhizamoebaLobose – Naked amoebae with finger-shaped, tubular pseudopodia. Some species have subpseudopodia, small extensions of a hyaline anterior zone.
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    • LimnofilaGranofilose – Naked amoeboid organisms with granular filose pseudopodia. Granules are evenly distributed and move slowly or not at all. Pseudopodia usually appressed to the substratum.
    • GranoreticuloseGranoreticulose – Naked amoeboid organisms with branched filopodia over which numerous granules move extremely quickly in both directions and which can form an extensive network (reticulum).
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  • A. intermedia
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  • A. lichenophila
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  • A. mitriformis
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  • A. pyramidalis
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Arcella prismatica
Arcella prismatica

A. prismatica

Arcella conica
Arcella conica

A. conica

Arcella costata
Arcella costata

A. costata

Arcella crenulata
Arcella crenulata

     

A. crenulata

Arcella excavata

A. excavata

Arcella gibbosa

A. gibbosa

Arcella hemisphaerica

A. hemisphaerica

A. intermedia

Arcella vulgaris
Arcella vulgaris

A. vulgaris

A. mitrata

Arcella hemisphaerica

A. rotunda

Arcella spectabilis
Arcella spectabilis

A. spectabilis

Arcella peruviana
Arcella peruviana

A. peruviana

Arcella nordestina
Arcella nordestina
   
 

A. nordestina

Arcella rukiensis
Arcella rukiensis

A. rukiensis

Arcella formosa
Arcella formosa

     

A. formosa

Arcella brasiliensis

A. brasiliensis

Galeripora rota
Galeripora rota

A. rota

Arcella multilobata
Arcella multilobata

A. multilobata

Arcella corona

A. corona

A. apicata

Arcella gandalfi

A. gandalfi

Arcella jeanelli

 

A. jeanneli

Ferry Siemensma, created March 4, 2019; last modified October 20, 2025
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