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Pyxidicula sp.

Species name: Pyxidicula sp.

Bureau of Swerage, Tokyo Metropolitan Govermen

The size of Pyxidicula is 30-250 μm in length. Pyxidicula is smaller than Arcella. When a cell is young the color near the transparency, but during ageing, it becomes dark brown. They move and eat by stretching out their pseudopods. Tts food source is several microorganism.

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(2015.12.18)

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