Cryptodifflugia paludosa, Golemansky, 1981

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 : 302

C. paludosa Golemansky, 1981

Figs 6 c, 6d, 6e

Original description. Golemansky 1981, P. 117, Figs 3 a–c.

Description. Shell elongated-ovate, slightly narrowed at aperture and rounded in posterior part. Transverse section oval. The aperture somewhat oval, sometimes almost circular. Shell chitinous and transparent, often with siliceous xenosomes around an aperture.

Measurements. Shell length 32–45 µm, shell width 20–32 µm, shell depth 14–18, aperture size 10–15 x 8–13 µm.

Habitat. Sandy littoral, coarse sand (0.31–1.0 mm), salinity of groundwater varying from 0.69‰ to 16.26‰, maximum depth of record in sand— 120 cm.

Geographical distribution. Black Sea.

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 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.