Centropyxis loffleri Laminger, 1972

Bindu, L., 2023, Diversity of testate amoebae (Amoebozoa and Cercozoa) in Western Ghats of Kerala with 8 new records to India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 123 (2), pp. 117-134 : 121-122

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https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v123/i2/2023/172617

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scientific name

Centropyxis loffleri Laminger, 1972
status

 

21. Centropyxis loffleri Laminger, 1972 [Plate -1(A)]

1972. Centropyxis loffleri Laminger, 1972 , Archiv fur Hydrobiologie, 70: 108-129.

Material examined: Mi.534,2exs., 8. xi. 2017, Tree moss, Anamudi Shola; Mi-534, 2exs., Tree moss, 8.xi.2017, Mannavan shola.

Diagnosis: The shell is relatively large, in plan it resembles a figure eight, in profile the test is hemispherical, the anterior part is sharply separated from the rest of the test and is located at an angle of 30% relative to the longitudinal axis of the shell; the mouth is oval; shell length 85µm, shell width 70µm and aperture width 45µm.

Distribution: India: Present record. Elsewhere: Cosmopolitan.

Remarks: Present record from India.

Kingdom

Protozoa

Phylum

Amoebozoa

Class

Lobosa

Order

Arcellinida

Family

Centropyxidae

Genus

Centropyxis

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