Cryptodifflugia collum Chardez, 1971

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 : 295-296

C. collum ( Chardez, 1971) comb. nov.

Figs 2 d, 2e

Difflugiella collum Chardez, 1971 Original description. Chardez 1971, P. 264, Fig. 10.

Description. Shell globose, transparent, hyaline, chitinous, aperture topped with rather broad cylindrical neck. Measurements. Shell length 16–18 µm, shell width 13–14 µm, aperture diameter 5–6 µm. Habitat. Soil at a distance of 10 meter of a freshwater swamp.

Geographical distribution. Belgium, France.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Different species of the genus Cryptodifflugia: a – c— C. brevicolla, broad side lateral view (a), narrow side lateral view (b), living specimen with cytoplasm (c), d – e— C. collum, apertural view (d), lateral view of living specimen with cytoplasm (e). a – c—after Golemansky 1979, b – d—after Chardez 1971. Scale bar 20 µm.