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Lobosea: Testacealobosia: Arcellinida: Difflugiidae

Difflugia elegans
Penard, 1890

Difflugia elegans Genus: Pseudostome lacks lobed collar; test round or oval in cross-section; pseudostome relatively large, with or lacking a collar (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: 80-130 μm long; 60-105 μm diam.; test, like D. acuminata but shorter, broader; short neck constricted at pseudostome, flared as collar; hollow spine at base; yellow to brown; imbedded siliceous particles; pseudostome 45-55 μm (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Similar genus -->> Paraeuglypha;


Difflugia sp. (elegans or D. mammilaris ?), test 96 μm long, 46 μm wide (test diam.), pseudostome 30 μm diam., x 400, x 640, Japan, November 1998, by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640


Lobate pseudopods, x 400

Difflugia elegans (similar to Paraeuglypha Filosea), test μm long, μm wide, x 400, x 640, Japan, December 1998 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640


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