Cryptodifflugia angulata, 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 : 293

C. angulata Playfair, 1917

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Original description. Playfair 1917, P. 657, Table 38, Fig. 14.

Description. Shell small, oval, transparent, lateral sides flattened, fundus rounded-conic, widest shell part in the middle, lateral sides converging at aperture. Shell surface smooth, without alien mineral particles. Aperture very small, circular.

Measurements. Shell length 13–14 µm, shell width 10 µm.

Habitat. Sphagnum mosses, wet green mosses, water plants, soil.

Geographical distribution. Australia.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Different species of the genus Cryptodifflugia: a— C. angulata, lateral view, b – d— C. angusta, lateral view (b, c), apertural view (d), e – f— C. angustatostoma, narrow side lateral view (e), broad side lateral view (f), g— C. apiculata, lateral view, living specimen with cytoplasm, h – i— C. bassini, lateral view (h), apertural view (i). a—after Playfair 1917, b – d—after Schönborn 1965, e – f—after Beyens & Chardez 1982, g—after Cash 1904, h – i—after Bobrov 2001. Scale bar 20 µm.