From Penard, 1909
Diplochlamys vestita Penard, 1909
Diagnosis: Shell hemispherical but more flattened than other species, rounded, greyish-yellow, and bilayered; Inner hyaline sac encloses the cell with a flexible aperture; Outer layer composed of loosely arranged organic spheres. Approximately 100 µm in size. Granular endoplasm containing usually more than 100 vesicular nuclei, each measuring approximately 3–5 µm.
Ecology: Herbivorous; found on Sphagnum, dry mosses on trees, and in soil.
Remarks: See Penard (1909).
Specimen probably dead, stacked images – From moss on a tree near Saarburg, Germany
From Penard, 1909
143 µm, Sphagnum, Sjoforsen, Norway, 2023
This specimen was swollen, probably dead – From moss on a tree near Saarburg, Germany
Cyst, from moss on a tree near Saarburg, Germany
D. vestita, in moss on a tree, Limburg, Netherlands, 2021