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. compressa
Penard, 1902
Figs 3
a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e, 3f
Original description.
Penard 1902
, P. 428,
Figs 1–3
.
Description.
Shell small, ovate or widely elliptical, yellowish-brown, transparent, laterally compressed, elliptical in transverse section, surface smooth, without mineral inclusions, aperture circular or elliptical, very small, surrounded by an organic lip.
Measurements.
Shell length 13–21 µm, shell width 9–21 µm.
Habitat.
Freshwater,
Sphagnum
mosses, soil.
Geographical distribution.
Cosmopolitan.