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 View FIGURE 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]

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FIGURE 7. Different species of the genus Cryptodifflugia: a— C. sacculus, lateral view, b – c— C. sacculus sakotschawi lateral view (b), apertural view (c), d – e— C. splendida, lateral view of different specimens, f— C. valida, lateral view, g – h—C. voigti, lateral view (g), apertural view (h), i— C. vulgaris, lateral view. a—after Penard 1902, b – c—after Tarnogradsky 1959, d – eafter Schönborn 1965, f—after Playfair 1917, g – h—after Schmidt 1926, i—after Francé 1913. Scale bar 20 µm.