Cryptodifflugia voigti

C. voigti, all from the same sample from Odenwald, Germany, 2024

Cryptodifflugia voigti (Golemansky, 1970) Bobrov & Mazei, 2017
Syn.: Difflugiella voigti Golemansky, 1970

Diagnosis: Shell narrowly ovoid; lateral sides gradually converging toward the aperture. Shell circular in transverse section, with rare small xenosomes; colorless, becoming brownish in older specimens; transparent. Aperture circular.

Dimensions:
Golemansky (1970): shell length 24–27 μm; width 13–17 μm; aperture diameter 5–6 μm.
Own measurements: length 29–34 μm; aperture diameter 4.6–6.9 μm.

Ecology: Freshwater; oligotrophic lakes; Sphagnum.

Distribution: Germany; Russia; Belgium; Romania.

References: Bobrov, A., Mazei, Y., 2017. A review of testate amoeba genus Cryptodifflugia Penard, 1890 (Phryganellina: Cryptodifflugiidae) with a key to species. Zootaxa 4282 (2): 292–308.