Difflugia globulosa (Dujardin, 1837) Penard, 1902

Bindu, L., 2021, Studies on the free-living protozoan fauna of estuaries in the coastal zone of Tamil Nadu, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 121 (1), pp. 61-75 : 67

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https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v121/i1/2021/141506

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CF6D55-3E29-983D-4857-FEA0BA97FCD8

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scientific name

Difflugia globulosa (Dujardin, 1837) Penard, 1902
status

 

31. Difflugia globulosa (Dujardin, 1837) Penard, 1902

Material examined: Mi-202, 2 ex., Arasalar estuary,

07.xii.2013; Mi-223, 4ex., Kaduviyar estuary, 06.xii.2013; Mi-234,3ex., Vettar estuary, 04.xii.2013; Mi-268,4ex., Arasalar estuary, 17.vii.2014; Mi-279, 4ex., Vellar estuary,

20.vii.2014; Mi-300, 4ex., Kaduviyar estuary, 11.x.2015.

Diagnosis: Test composed of prominent quartz particles; brown, hemispherical; aperture circular, surrounded by small sand particles; diameter of shell 81-118 µm.

Distribution in India: Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu (present record), West Bengal.

Kingdom

Protozoa

Phylum

Amoebozoa

Class

Lobosa

Order

Arcellinida

Family

Difflugiidae

Genus

Difflugia

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