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. minuta
(
Playfair, 1917
)
comb. nov.
Figs 5
e, 5f
Difflugiella minuta
Grospietsch, 1964
Original description.
Playfair 1917
, P. 656, Table 138, Fig. 12.
Description.
Shell small, ovate, circular in transverse section, rounded aborally, and with sides converging to a very narrow apertural part, aperture very narrow, often just a pore, with thickened rim, or sometimes with a very narrow but distinct collar, shell surface smooth.
Measurements.
Shell length 10–13 µm, shell width 8–9 µm, aperture diameter 2–3 µm.
Habitat.
Freshwater, bogs.
Geographical distribution.
Australia
,
Russia
, Crozet and
Possession Island
,
Greenland
, USA.