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Lobosea: Testacealobosia: Arcellinida: Difflugiidae

Difflugia oblonga
Ehrenberg

Difflugia Genus: Pseudostome lacks lobed collar; test round or oval in cross-section; with or lacking a collar (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: Test pyriform, flask-shaped, or ovoid; neck variable in length; aperture terminal, typically circular; test composed of angular sand-grains, diatoms; 60-580 μm by 40-240 μm (Kudo, 1966).


Difflugia oblonga Ehrenberg (or D. pyriformis ?), test 185 μm long, 115 μm wide, L/W=1.6, pseudostome 50 μm wide, x 400, x 640, a pond near the entrance of climbing route to Omine mountain, Minakami town (formerly Tsukiyono town), Gunma Pref., Japan, May 25, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Difflugia Difflugia Difflugia

Images of collecting locality: a pond near the entrance of climbing route to Omine mountain, Minakami town (formerly Tsukiyono town), Gunma Pref., Japan, May 25, 2006 by Y. Tsukii


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