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Lobosea: Testacealobosia: Arcellinida: Difflugiidae

Difflugia elegans
LeClerc, 1815

Difflugia elegans Genus: Pseudostome lacks lobed collar; test round or oval in cross-section; 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 elegans or Difflugia accuminata var. inflata Penard or D. curvicaulis Penard ?, test 133 μm long (including spiny projection, 16 μm long), 78 μm wide, L/W=, pseudostome 33 μm wide, x 640, No. 4-1, Mida-ga-hara (bog/marsh), Gassan (mountain), Tsuruoka city (formerly Haguro town) & Shonai town (formerly Tachikawa town), Yamagata Pref., Japan, August 3, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Difflugia Difflugia Difflugia

Images of collecting locality: No. 4, Mida-ga-hara (bog/marsh), Gassan (mountain), Tsuruoka city (formerly Haguro town) & Shonai town (formerly Tachikawa town), Yamagata Pref., Japan, August 3, 2006 by Y. Tsukii


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