Difflugia corona Wallich, 1864

Bindu, L., 2021, Studies on the free-living protozoan fauna of estuaries in the coastal zone of Tamil Nadu, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 121 (1), pp. 61-75 : 67

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https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v121/i1/2021/141506

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scientific name

Difflugia corona Wallich, 1864
status

 

29. Difflugia corona Wallich, 1864

Material examined: Mi-156, 2ex., Marakkanam estuary,

07.xii.2013; Mi-194, 7 ex., Arasalar estuary, 07.xii.2013; Mi-201, 6ex., Arasalar estuary, 08.xii.2013; Mi-216, 6ex., Coleron estuary, 08.xii.2013; Mi-222, 6ex., Kaduviyar estuary, 06.xii.2013; Mi-248, 4ex., Vellar estuary,

20.vii.2013.

Diagnosis: Test almost spherical; narrowing towards pseudostome; widening towards the base with the presence of 5-10 spines; test formed by quartz crystals; aperture large and occupies half the diameter of the test; measurements 73-125 µm.

Distribution in India: Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala (Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve), Tamil Nadu (present record), Tripura, West Bengal.

Kingdom

Protozoa

Phylum

Amoebozoa

Class

Lobosa

Order

Arcellinida

Family

Difflugiidae

Genus

Difflugia

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