Cryptodifflugia psammophila Golemansky, 1970

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. psammophila ( Golemansky, 1970) comb. nov.

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Difflugiella psammophila Golemansky, 1970

Original description. Golemansky 1970, P. 367, Fig. 13.

Description. Shell small, pyriform, pointed aborally, oval in transverse section, transparent, colorless, covered with rare sand grains. The aperture is circular.

Measurements. Shell length 20–24 µm, shell width 12–14 µm, aperture diameter 4–5 µm.

Habitat. Marine psammon.

Geographical distribution. Baltic Sea, Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean.

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.