image_list image_listE

Lobosea: Testacealobosia: Arcellinida: Difflugiidae

 Difflugia sp.
Leidy, 1874

Difflugia amphora Genus: Pseudostome lacks lobed collar; test round or oval in cross-section; pseudostome relatively large, with or lacking a collar (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species : 150-300 μm long, 90-200 μm wide, test long-oval, round cross-section, clear to brown; pseudostome 40-80 μm; flared, wavy pseudostomal collar (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Simlar species: D. amporalis; D. elongata; D. solowetzkii

Difflugia oviformis Cash ?, test 144 μm long, 120 μm wide (test diam.), pseudostome 50 μm diam., x 200, x 400, Japan, October 1998 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400
Difflugia Difflugia Difflugia Difflugia

Please click on images for viewing enlarged.
Copyright Protist Information Server