Cryptodifflugia compressa subsp. ovata, Playfair, 1917

Bobrov, Anatoly & Mazei, Yuri, 2017, A review of testate amoeba genus Cryptodifflugia Penard, 1890 (Phryganellina: Cryptodifflugiidae) with a key to species, Zootaxa 4282 (2), pp. 292-308 : 298

C. compressa ovata Playfair, 1917

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Original description. Playfair 1917, P. 656, Table 38, Fig. 11. Description. Shell differs from the typical form by more elongated and widely ovate shell and by the absence of organic lip around an aperture.

Measurements. Shell length 19 µm, shell width 17–18 µm. Habitats. Aquatic plants and wetlands.

Geographical distribution. Australia.

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FIGURE 3. Different species of the genus Cryptodifflugia: a – f— C. compressa, broad side lateral view (a, d), narrow side lateral view (b, e), apertural view (c, f), g – h— C. compressa angustioris, narrow side lateral view (g), broad side lateral view (h), i – k— C. compressa australis, broad side lateral view (i), narrow side lateral view (j), apertural view (k), l— C. compressa ovata, lateral view. a – f—after Penard 1902, g – h—after Tarnogradsky 1959, i – l—after Palyfair 1917. Scale bar 20 µm.