Difflugia diafana Vucetich, 1987

Jung, Jongwoo, 2020, Twelve unrecorded species of testate amoebae discovered from Korea, Journal of Species Research 9 (4), pp. 462-466 : 465

10. Difflugia diafana Vucetich, 1987

(Ș꼬HÙḆffiNj) ( Fig. 1J )

Material examined. Two individuals ( ZIIYPR 0000000 223-4): Korea, Gyeonggi-do, Yangju-si, Jangheung-myeon , Bugok-ri , 480-1, Gongreungcheon Stream , 15 May 2018, 37°43′28.12″N 126°58′35.44″E, collected by JJ .

Diagnosis. Shell elongated, yellowish gray; with two long, somewhat diverging horns in the posterior region; with a short but well-defined neck in the anterior region; covered by small and thin exogenous particles and by some detritus of organic origin. Aperture oval.

Figures

Fig. 1. Testate Amoebae. A, Arcella crenulata Deflandre, 1928, apertural view; B, Centropyxis cassis (Wallich, 1864), lateral view; C. Centropyxis delicatula Penard, 1902, apertural view; D, Centropyxis hirsuta Deflander, 1929, apertural view; E, Centropyxis orbicularis Deflandre, 1929, lateral view; F, Centropyxis sylvatica (Deflandre, 1929), apertural view; G, Cyclopyxis eurystoma Deflandre, 1929, apertural view; H, Cyclopyxis intermedia Kufferath, 1932, apertural view; I, Cyclopyxis kahli (Deflandre, 1929), apertural view; J, Difflugia diafana Vucetich, 1987, lateral view; K, Difflugia manicata Penard, 1902, lateral view; L, Awerintzewia cyclostoma Schoutenden, 1906, lateral view. Scale bars: A-L=50μm.