Difflugia amphoralis Cash & Hopkinson, 1909

Chae, Kyu-Seok, Kim, Kang-San, Jung, Jongwoo & Min, Gi-Sik, 2023, Unrecorded species of Korean protozoans discovered through the project of ‘ Discovery of Korean Indigenous Species’ III, Journal of Species Research 12 (4), pp. 355-361 : 357

4. Difflugia amphoralis Cash & Hopkinson, 1909

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Difflugia amphoralis Cash & Hopkinson, 1909

Material examined. Jeju-si (33°28′29″N, 126°35′50″E), Jeju-do, South Korea; 25 June 2021.

Deposition. NIBRPR0000111162.

World distribution. Cosmopolitan.

Diagnosis. Shell transparent, short pear shaped, base of fundus pointed; mouth round, surrounded by a rim of sand grains. Shell length 80 μm, width 49 μm; mouth diameter 24 μm.

Remarks. This specimen is slightly smaller than previous descriptions.

Figures

Fig. 1. Photomicrographs of Amoebozoa (A-F). A, Centropyxis aculeata minima; B, C. cassis spinifera; C, C. aplanata; D, Difflugia am- phoralis; E, D. bicruris; F, D. curvicaulis. Scale bars: 50 μm.