Centropyxis laevigata Penard, 1890

Chae, Kyu-Seok, Jung, Jongwoo, Lee, Won Je & Min, Gi-Sik, 2022, Unrecorded species of Korean protozoans discovered through the project of ‘ Discovery of Korean Indigenous Species’ II, Journal of Species Research 11 (4), pp. 335-342 : 337

4. Centropyxis laevigata Penard, 1890

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Centropyxis laevigata Penard, 1890 .

Material examined. Ganghwa-gun (37°48′22″N, 126° 24′09″E), Incheon, South Korea; 27 September 2019.

Deposition. NIBRPR0000110855.

World distribution. Cosmopolitan.

Diagnosis. Shell large, almost round dorsally, hemispherical laterally or slightly less than hemisphere; mouth slightly eccentric, deepened inside the shell. Shell diameter 61- 135 μm, height 30 μm; mouth diameter 33 μm.

Figures

Fig. 1. Photomicrographs of Amoebozoa (A-F). A, Centropyxis aerophila sphagnicola; B, C. compressa; C, C. elongata; D, apertural view of C. cassis; E, lateral view of C. cassis; F, C. notonyx. Scale bars=50μm.