Cryptodifflugia valida, 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 : 304

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scientific name	Cryptodifflugia valida
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C. valida Playfair, 1917

Fig. 7 f

Original description. Playfair 1917, P. 657, Plate 38, Fig. 16.

Description. Shell large, ovoid, circular in transverse section; lateral sides gradually converging towards an aperture; aperture circular and rather broad, there is a well developed thickening around an aperture. Measurements. Shell length 55 µm, shell width 40 µm, aperture diameter 15 µm. Habitat. Freshwater ponds, bogs.

Geographic distribution. Australia, Chile.

References

Playfair, G. I. (1917) Rhizopods of Sydney and Lismore. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 42, 633 - 675. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 4865

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Protozoa
Phylum	Amoebozoa
Class	Lobosa
Order	Arcellinida
Family	Cryptodifflugiidae
Genus	Cryptodifflugia

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