Difflugiella sacculus subsp. sakotschawi, Tarnogradsky, 1959

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 : 304

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scientific name

Difflugiella sacculus subsp. sakotschawi
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C. sacculus sakotschawi Tarnogradsky, 1959

Figs 7 b, 7c

Original description. Tarnogradsky 1959, P. 50, Table 8, Figs 64 a–e.

Description. Shell is pyriform with a shorter neck comparing with typical form; covered by sand grains; completely circular at transverse section; the aperture is circular.

Measurements. Shell length 27–30 µm, shell width 18–20 µm, aperture diameter 10.5–13.0 µm.

Habitat. Sphagnum lakes.

Geographic distribution. Russia (Caucasus).

Tarnogradsky, D. A. (1959) Microflora and microfauna of peats in the Caucasus. 8. A sedge-sphagnum lake in the upper reaches of the Balkarian river Terek: Raboty severo kavkazskoj Gidrobiologiceskoj Stantsii (Trudy Severo-osetinskogo Sel'skokhozyaistvennogo Instituta), 6, 3 - 59. [in Russian]