Centropyxis laevigata Penard, 1890

Bindu, L., 2021, Studies on the free-living protozoan fauna of estuaries in the coastal zone of Tamil Nadu, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 121 (1), pp. 61-75 : 65

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scientific name

Centropyxis laevigata Penard, 1890
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17. Centropyxis laevigata Penard, 1890

Material examined: Mi-149, 2 ex., Marakkanam estuary,

05.vii.2012.

Diagnosis: Test yellowish brown, almost circular in ventral view, usually slightly compressed in one side; test hemispherical in lateral view being boarder at posterior extremity; aperture eccentric, obliquely invaginated having apertural bridges, outer margin broadly rounded.

Distribution in India: Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu (present record), West Bengal.

Kingdom

Protozoa

Phylum

Amoebozoa

Class

Lobosa

Order

Arcellinida

Family

Centropyxidae

Genus

Centropyxis