A review of testate amoeba genus Cryptodifflugia Penard, 1890 (Phryganellina: Cryptodifflugiidae) with a key to species
Author
Bobrov, Anatoly
Author
Mazei, Yuri
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Zootaxa
2017
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4282.2.4
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C. apiculata
(
Cash, 1904
)
Page, 1966
Fig.
1
g
Difflugiella apiculata
Cash, 1904
Original description.
Cash 1904
, P. 225, Table 21,
Fig.7
.
Description.
Shell ovoid, not compressed laterally, chitinous, smooth, transparent, colorless, without mineral particles, aperture circular. Cytoplasm colorless.
Measurements.
Shell length 40 µm, shell width 28–30 µm.
Habitat.
Freshwater,
Sphagnum
mosses, wet green mosses, on the surface of aquatic algae and plants.
Geographical distribution.
England, Russia, Germany, Romania.