Cryptodifflugia turfacea Zacharias, 1903

Bobrov, Anatoly, 2016, Description of a New Testate Amoebae Genus Meisterfeldia with Notes on the Systematics of the Suborder Phryganellina (Amebozoa; Tubulinea; Arcellinida), Acta Protozoologica 55 (4), pp. 211-219 : 217

Basionym: Cryptodifflugia turfacea Zacharias, 1903

Description: Shell is looking like curved bowl with short neck. The aperture is circular, surrounded by well developed broad collar. Shell surface is smooth, without extraneous mineral particles ( Fig. 9 ).

Measurements: shell length 14–18 µm; shell breadth 10–16 µm; diameter of aperture 6 µm.

Habitat: wet peat mosses.

Figures

Fig. 9. Meisterfeldia turfacea (after Zacharias, 1903). Scale bar: 5 µm.