Difflugia elegans angustata ( 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

6. Difflugia elegans angustata ( Penard, 1890)

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Difflugia elegans Penard, 1890 .

Material examined. Yangju-si (37°43′28.12″N, 126°58′ 35.44″E), Gyeonggi-do, South Korea; 15 May 2018.

Deposition. NIBRPR0000110248.

World distribution. Cosmopolitan.

Diagnosis. Shell relatively large, cylindrical, ending in a thick spike on fundus; surface uneven; mouth rounded. Shell length 90 μm, width 40 μm; mouth diameter 25 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.