Centropyxis compressa van Oye, 1948

Chae, Kyu-Seok, Jung, Jongwoo, Lee, Won Je & Min, Gi-Sik, 2022, Unrecorded species of Korean protozoans discovered through the project of ‘ Discovery of Korean Indigenous Species’ II, Journal of Species Research 11 (4), pp. 335-342 : 336-337

2. Centropyxis compressa van Oye, 1948

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Centropyxis compressa van Oye, 1948 .

Material examined. Ganghwa-gun (37°41′54.20″N, 126° 25′52.46″E), Incheon, South Korea; 17 September 2019.

Deposition. NIBRPR0000110854.

World distribution. Cosmopolitan.

Diagnosis. Shell large, oval, width subequal its length, dorsoventrally strongly flattened; short spines located along the edge of the shell. Mouth irregularly rounded, slightly eccentric. Shell length 120 μm, width 130 μm, height 30 μm; mouth width 50 μm, length 30 μm.

Figures

Fig. 1. Photomicrographs of Amoebozoa (A-F). A, Centropyxis aerophila sphagnicola; B, C. compressa; C, C. elongata; D, apertural view of C. cassis; E, lateral view of C. cassis; F, C. notonyx. Scale bars=50μm.