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. paludosa
Golemansky, 1981
Figs 6
c, 6d, 6e
Original description.
Golemansky 1981
, P. 117,
Figs 3
a–c.
Description.
Shell elongated-ovate, slightly narrowed at aperture and rounded in posterior part. Transverse section oval. The aperture somewhat oval, sometimes almost circular. Shell chitinous and transparent, often with siliceous xenosomes around an aperture.
Measurements.
Shell length 32–45 µm, shell width 20–32 µm, shell depth 14–18, aperture size
10–15 x
8–13 µm.
Habitat.
Sandy littoral, coarse sand (0.31–1.0 mm), salinity of groundwater varying from 0.69‰ to 16.26‰, maximum depth of record in sand—
120 cm
.
Geographical distribution.
Black Sea.