Difflugia levanderi Playfair, 1918

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

7. Difflugia levanderi Playfair, 1918

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Difflugia levanderi Playfair, 1918 .

Material examined. Ganghwa-gun (37°45′36″N, 126° 23′08″E), Incheon, South Korea; 27 September 2019.

Deposition. NIBRPR0000110243.

World distribution. Cosmopolitan.

Diagnosis. Shell relatively large, ovoid, strongly tapering to the mouth, made of small grains of sand; surface smooth; mouth rounded. Shell length 85 μm, width 55 μm; mouth diameter 32 μm.

Figures

Fig. 2. Photomicrographs of Amoebozoa (A-F). A, Difflugia elegans angustata; B, D. levanderi; C, lateral view of D. pecac; D, apertural view of D. pecac; E, D. viscidula; F, Nebela tincta. Scale bars=50 μm.