Centropyxis elongata ( Penard, 1890 )

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 : 337

3. Centropyxis elongata ( Penard, 1890)

Thomas, 1959

ũǬDZNjAEḇNj (ṵÿ) ( Fig. 1C )

Difflugia constricta var. elongata Penard, 1890 .

Material examined. Ganghwa-gun (37°37′22″N, 126° 30′05″E), Incheon, South Korea; 14 April 2019.

Deposition. NIBRPR0000110241.

World distribution. Cosmopolitan.

Diagnosis. Shell elliptic in ventral view, elongated with almost parallel or slightly tapering lateral sides towards the mouth; posterior region slightly inflated laterally; mouth circular or semicircular, strongly biased towards the anterior margin, occupying a third of the entire length of the shell. Shell length 50 μm, width 30 μm; mouth width 15 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.