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Lobosea: Testacealobosia: Arcellinida: Difflugiidae

 Difflugia elegans
LeClerc, 1815

Difflugia elegans Genus: Pseudostome lacks lobed collar; test round or oval in cross-section; with or lacking a collar (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: 80-130 μm long; 60-105 μm diam.; test, like D. acuminata but shorter, broader; short neck constricted at pseudostome, flared as collar; hollow spine at base; yellow to brown; imbedded siliceous particles; pseudostome 45-55 μm (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Similar genus -->> Paraeuglypha;

Difflugia elegans ?, test 220 μm long (including spine, 35 μm), 150 μm wide, L/W=1.5 (1.2), pseudostome 100 ? μm wide, x 400, x 640, Hakama marsh (or bog), Madarao highland (Niigata & Nagano Pref.), Myoko village, Niigata Pref., Japan, May 15, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Test 190 μm long (including spine, 20 μm), 110 μm wide, L/W=1.7 (1.5), pseudostome ? μm wide, x 400, x 640
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Test 195 μm long (including spine, 30 μm), 100 μm wide, L/W=2.0 (1.8), pseudostome 50 ? μm wide, x 400, x 640
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Test 185 μm long (including spine, 25 μm), 100 μm wide, L/W=1.9 (1.6), pseudostome 50 μm wide, x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640
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x 640
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