Deharvengia Bonnet, 1979

Bobrov, Anatoly, Shimano, Satoshi & Mazei, Yuri, 2012, Two New Species of Testate Amoebae from Mountain Forest Soils of Japan and Redescription of the Genus Deharvengia Bonnet, 1979, Acta Protozoologica 51 (1), pp. 55-63 : 60

Deharvengia Bonnet, 1979 emend.

Test is transparent, oval or ovoid in the broad view, circular to narrow elliptical in the cross-section. Aperture elliptic or narrow elliptic, the ventral side is cut at about 6/7 of the length of the entire test and is surrounded by a thin organic lip. On the dorsal side the shell forms a small cap over the pseudostome, sometimes with a narrow organic lip along the edge. Shell is covered by elongate-elliptic idiosomes varying in size in different species. Transparent clavate spines, may be present on each side of the test.