Euglypha strigosa heterospina Wailes,1912

Bindu, L., 2023, Diversity of testate amoebae (Amoebozoa and Cercozoa) in Western Ghats of Kerala with 8 new records to India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 123 (2), pp. 117-134 : 130

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https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v123/i2/2023/172617

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scientific name

Euglypha strigosa heterospina Wailes,1912
status

 

80. Euglypha strigosa heterospina Wailes,1912

1912. Euglypha strigose heterospina Wailes, J. Linn. Soc. Zool. , 32: 121-161.

Material examined: Mi-558, 3exs., Tree moss, 5. xi.2017, Parambikkulam WLS.

Diagnosis: The shell is medium-sized, ovoid to broadly pear-shaped in dorsal view and flattened in profile, round aperture with a wide and rectangular posterior border; the spines are located over the entire surface, singly or in pairs; shell length 45-100µm; it differs from the typical form by the presence of spines of varying lengths from 6 to 20µm.

Distribution: India: Present record. Elsewhere: Cosmopolitan.

Remarks: New record from India.

Kingdom

Protozoa

Class

Filosia

Order

Aconchulinida

Family

Euglyphidae

Genus

Euglypha

Kingdom

Protozoa

Class

Filosia

Order

Aconchulinida

Family

Euglyphidae

Genus

Euglypha

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