A review of testate amoeba genus Cryptodifflugia Penard, 1890 (Phryganellina: Cryptodifflugiidae) with a key to species
Author
Bobrov, Anatoly
Author
Mazei, Yuri
text
Zootaxa
2017
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journal article
28745
10.11646/zootaxa.4282.2.4
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C. oviformis
Penard, 1890
Figs
5
g, 5h,
5i
, 5j, 5k
Difflugiella oviformis
in Bonnet et Thomas, 1955
;
Cryptodifflugia operculata
Page, 1966
Original description.
Penard 1890
, P. 168, Table 7, Figs 95–107.
Description.
Shell colorless, oval, with smooth surface, the shell wall is composed of two layers, a thin outer covering of organic material and a thick inner layer of amorphous calcium phosphate, the aperture is terminal, circular and bordered by a small organic collar.
Measurements.
Shell length 13–26 µm, shell width 8.0–20.7 µm, diameter of aperture 3.0–6.9 µm.
Habitat.
Freshwater sediments,
Sphagnum
mosses, wet green mosses, aquatic plants, acid soil.
Geographical distribution.
Cosmopolitan.