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. lanceolata
Golemansky, 1970
Figs 5
a, 5b, 5c
Original description.
Golemansky 1970
, P. 366–367, Fig. 14.
FIGURE 5.
Different species of the genus
Cryptodifflugia
: a–d—
C. lanceolata
, broad side lateral view (a), narrow side lateral view (b), apertural view (c), d—
C. leachi
, lateral view of living cell, e–f—
C. minuta
, lateral view, g–k
C. oviformis
, lateral view of encysted specimen (g), lateral view (i), apertural view (h, j), lateral view of encysted specimen (k). a–c—after Golemansky 1970, d—after Nicholls 2006, e–f—after Palyfair 1917, g–h—after Page 1966, i–k—after Penard 1890. Scale bar 20 µm.
Description.
Shell with even outline, elongated-ovate, distinctly lanceolate or sagittate, compressed, colorless, sometimes light-brown, transverse section elliptical, aperture circular.
Measurements.
Shell length 18–25, shell width 10–18, shell depth 9–10, aperture width 3–8 µm.
Habitat.
Supralittoral zone of marine beaches.
Geographical distribution.
Cosmopolitan.