Difflugia vermiformis  Snegovaya & Alekperov, 2005

Diagnosis: The shell is elongated, flattened and curved, with a blunt spine on the aboral end. Pseudostome ovoid and surrounded by a well-defined thin collar. Shell wall formed by transparent plates of variable size. The cytoplasm is colorless, without inclusions. There are 1-2 short lobopodia.

Dimensions: Snegovaya and Alekperov (2005): Shell length of shell 125-135 µm; width 75-85 µm; pseudostome diameter (25-35 µm.

Habitat: Freshwater. On aquatic plants in the shallow bays of the Kurakchay rivers.

Remarks. According to Snegovaya and Alekperov, 2005, this species clearly differs from all representatives of the Difflugia genus in shell shape.

References: Snegovaya, N. and Alekperov, I. (2005) Fauna of testate amoebae of western Azerbaijan Rivers. Protistology 4 (2), 149-183.