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Difflugiella sacculus subsp. sakotschawi Tarnogradsky 1959

Description

C. sacculus sakotschawi Tarnogradsky, 1959

Figs 7 b, 7c

Original description. Tarnogradsky 1959, P. 50, Table 8, Figs 64 a–e.

Description. Shell is pyriform with a shorter neck comparing with typical form; covered by sand grains; completely circular at transverse section; the aperture is circular.

Measurements. Shell length 27–30 µm, shell width 18–20 µm, aperture diameter 10.5–13.0 µm.

Habitat. Sphagnum lakes.

Geographic distribution. Russia (Caucasus).

Notes

Published as part of Bobrov, Anatoly & Mazei, Yuri, 2017, A review of testate amoeba genus Cryptodifflugia Penard, 1890 (Phryganellina: Cryptodifflugiidae) with a key to species, pp. 292-308 in Zootaxa 4282 (2) on page 304, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4282.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/818668

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References

  • Tarnogradsky, D. A. (1959) Microflora and microfauna of peats in the Caucasus. 8. A sedge-sphagnum lake in the upper reaches of the Balkarian river Terek: Raboty severo kavkazskoj Gidrobiologiceskoj Stantsii (Trudy Severo-osetinskogo Sel'skokhozyaistvennogo Instituta), 6, 3 - 59. [in Russian]