Cryptodifflugia compressa subsp. australis, 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 : 298

C. compressa australis Playfair, 1917

Figs 3 i, 3j, 3k

Original description. Playfair 1917, P. 656, Table 28, Fig. 10. Description. Shell compressed, oval, differs from the typical form by shell width slightly exceeding its length, shell surface smooth, without mineral inclusions.

Measurements. Shell length 16–19 µm, shell width 18–21 µm. Habitats. Aquatic plants and wetlands.

Geographical distribution. Australia.

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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.