Arcella arenaria Greeff, 1866

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 : 62

1. Arcella arenaria Greeff, 1866

Material examined: Mi-140, 3 ex., Kaduviyar estuary,

8.i.2013.

Diagnosis: Shell more or less circular; dark brown in colour; aperture small and irregularly circular in shape; around the aperture many small pores present; diameter of the shell 90 µm and diameter of the aperture 21µm.

Distribution in India: Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu (present record).