Cryptodifflugia compressa subsp. angustioris, Tarnogradsky, 1959

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 : 297-298

C. compressa angustioris Tarnogradsky, 1959

Figs 3 g, 3h

Original description. Tarnogradsky 1959. P. 50, Table. 8, Figs 62 a–g. Description. Shell differs from the typical form by a more elongated shell with oval aperture, laterally compressed, golden-brown.

Measurements. Shell length 19–20 µm, shell width 15–17 µm. Habitat. In Sphagnum .

Geographical distribution. Russia (Caucasus), Belgium, Germany, Spitsbergen.

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.