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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 Penard, test 90 μm long, 52 μm wide, L/W=1.7, pseudostome 25 μm wide, x 640, Jionji-shinsui-koen (Jion temple water park), Iwatsuki-ku (formerly Iwatsuki city), Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, February 12, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Difflugia elegans Difflugia elegans

Images of collecting locality: Jionji-shinsui-koen (Jion temple water park), Iwatsuki-ku (formerly Iwatsuki city), Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, February 12, 2006 by Y. Tsukii


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