Cryptodifflugia splendida, (Schonborn, 1965) Page, 1966

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

C. splendida ( Schönborn, 1965) Page, 1966

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Difflugiella splendida Schönborn, 1965

Original description. Schönborn 1965, P. 319, Fig. 3 .

Description. Shell ovoid in lateral view, transparent, yellow, shell surface deeply pitted. The aperture is circular.

Measurements. Shell length 23.8–27.2 µm, shell width 16.0–23.8 µm, aperture diameter 5–6 µm.

Habitat. Lakes, in thickets of Typha .

Geographic distribution. Poland, Germany.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Different species of the genus Cryptodifflugia: a – f— C. compressa, broad side lateral view (a, d), narrow side lateral view (b, e), apertural view (c, f), g – h— C. compressa angustioris, narrow side lateral view (g), broad side lateral view (h), i – k— C. compressa australis, broad side lateral view (i), narrow side lateral view (j), apertural view (k), l— C. compressa ovata, lateral view. a – f—after Penard 1902, g – h—after Tarnogradsky 1959, i – l—after Palyfair 1917. Scale bar 20 µm.

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.