Centropyxis discoides 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 : 65

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

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scientific name

Centropyxis discoides Penard, 1902
status

 

15. Centropyxis discoides Penard, 1902

Material examined: Mi-162, 3 ex., Coleron estuary,

08.xii.2013; Mi-356, 3ex., Pulicat lake , 04.xii.2013.

Diagnosis: Test semi-circular in outline, dish shaped in lateral view; shell encrusted with granular organic material, xenosomes scattered over the test; aperture eccentric and slightly oval; test diameter 120-290 µm.

Distribution in India: Tamil Nadu (present record). This forms new record for India.

Kingdom

Protozoa

Phylum

Amoebozoa

Class

Lobosa

Order

Arcellinida

Family

Centropyxidae

Genus

Centropyxis

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