Centropyxis aculeata minima van Oye, 1956

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 : 356

1. Centropyxis aculeata minima van Oye, 1956

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Centropyxis aculeata minima van Oye, 1956

Material examined. Ganghwa-gun (37°37′22″N, 126° 30′05″E), Incheon, South Korea; 14 April 2019.

Deposition. NIBRPR0000110246.

World distribution. Cosmopolitan.

Diagnosis. Shell oval in apertural view; aperture strongly eccentric; spines relatively long, located only on the fundus. Shell length, 80 - 90 μm, height 50 μm, mouth diameter 40 μm.

Remarks. The shape and size of this specimen are consistent with 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.