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Description:
Cyphoderia (sigh-fo-dear-ee-a) is a shelled amoebae. This one has thin branching pseudopodia. The amoeba is protected by a loosely fitting lorica which has a single aperture through which the pseudopodia emerge. The lorica of has thin scales attached to the external surface. These are evident towards the left of the picture. Phase contrast.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Rhizaria (rhizarians)
- Cercozoa (cercozoans)
- Imbricatea
- Silicofilosea
- Euglyphida
- Cyphoderiidae
- Cyphoderia
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- David Patterson, Linda Amaral Zettler and Virginia Edgcomb
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