Euglypha tuberculata Dujardin, 1841

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 : 338

11. Euglypha tuberculata Dujardin, 1841

ạḝqḇNj (ṵÿ) ( Fig. 3A )

Euglypha tuberculata Dujardin, 1841 .

Material examined. Goyang-si (37°41′49.42″N, 126°54′ 01.08″E), Gyeonggi-do, South Korea; 15 May 2015.

Deposition. NIBRPR0000109495.

World distribution. Cosmopolitan.

Diagnosis. Shell medium, elongated ovoid in lateral view, circular in cross section; mouth round, surrounded by 1-2 rows of idiosomes. Shell length 80 μm, width 36 μm; mouth diameter 12 μm.

Class Thecofilosea Cavalier-Smith, 2003, emend. Cavalier-Smith, 2011

Order Cryomonadida Cavalier-Smith, 1993

Family Rhogostomidae Dumack et al., 2017 ùüďOiṘŭ (ṵÿ)

Genus Rhogostoma Belar, 1921 ùüďOiṘŭ (ṵÿ)

Figures

Fig. 3. Photomicrographs of Cercozoa (A-C) and Euglenozoa (D).A, Euglypha tuberculate; B, general appearance of Rhogostoma minus; C, pseudopodia of R. minus (arrow); D, Parabodo caudatus, general appearance of cell, showing ventral view. Note flagellar insertion (arrow). Scale bars:A=50μm; B-D=10μm.