Cryptodifflugia lanceolata, 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 : 300-301

C. lanceolata Golemansky, 1970

Figs 5 a, 5b, 5c

Original description. Golemansky 1970, P. 366–367, Fig. 14.

Description. Shell with even outline, elongated-ovate, distinctly lanceolate or sagittate, compressed, colorless, sometimes light-brown, transverse section elliptical, aperture circular.

Measurements. Shell length 18–25, shell width 10–18, shell depth 9–10, aperture width 3–8 µm.

Habitat. Supralittoral zone of marine beaches.

Geographical distribution. Cosmopolitan.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Different species of the genus Cryptodifflugia: a – d— C. lanceolata, broad side lateral view (a), narrow side lateral view (b), apertural view (c), d— C. leachi, lateral view of living cell, e – f— C. minuta, lateral view, g – k C. oviformis, lateral view of encysted specimen (g), lateral view (i), apertural view (h, j), lateral view of encysted specimen (k). a – c—after Golemansky 1970, d—after Nicholls 2006, e – f—after Palyfair 1917, g – h—after Page 1966, i – k—after Penard 1890. Scale bar 20 µm.