Difflugiella pusilla subsp. conica, 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 : 303-304

C. pusilla conica Playfair, 1917

Fig. 6 j

Original description. Playfair 1917, P. 658, Table 38, Fig. 20.

Description. Differs from the typical form in its more elongated shape. Shell conical or obtusely oval. Aboral region rounded. Apertural side equal to shell width.

Measurements. Shell length 12 µm, shell width 10 µm. Habitat. On water vegetation.

Geographic distribution. Australia.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Different species of the genus Cryptodifflugia: a – b— C. oviformis fusca, lateral view of different specimens, c – e— C. paludosa, narrow side lateral view (c), apertural view (d), broad side lateral view (e), f – g— C. patinata, lateral view (f), apertural view (g), h— C. psammophila, lateral view, i— C. pusilla, lateral view, j— C. pusilla conica, lateral view. a, b—after Penard 1890, c – e—after Golemansky 1981, f – g—after Schönborn 1965, h—after Golemansky 1970, i, j—after Playfair 1917. Scale bar 20 µm.