Diaphoropodon mobile Archer, 1869

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 : 358

9. Diaphoropodon mobile Archer, 1869 ( Fig. 2C )

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Diaphoropodon mobile Archer, 1869

Material examined. Pocheon-si (37°47′38.45″N, 127°09′ 53.07″E), Gyeonggi-do, South Korea; 30 April 2021.

Deposition. NIBRPR0000111166.

World distribution. Cosmopolitan.

Diagnosis. Shell ovoid or pear shaped, sometimes irregular, membranous, flexible, and composed of organic material, covered with many small particles; color normally brown up to black; mouth flexible, varying in shape, more or less circular, usually hard to detect. Shell length 70 μm, width 48 μm.

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

Phylum Ciliophora Doflein, 1901 섬AEệë

Class Spirotrichea Butschli, 1889 ṳAEĝ

Subclass Hypotrichia Stein, 1859 öAEệďĝ

Order Stichotrichida Fauré-Fremiet, 1961 ĕöAEệậ Genus Metauroleptus Foissner et al., 2008 ặḅű꼬ƞöAEệṩ

Figures

Fig. 2. Photomicrographs of Amoebozoa(A, B) and Cercozoa (C). A, Difflugia scalpellum; B, Phryganella nidulus; C, Diaphoropodon mobile. Scale bars: 50μm.