

From Penard, 1909
Diplochlamys vestita Penard, 1909
Diagnosis: Shell hemispherical, but more flattened than other species, round, greyish-yellow, bilayered; inner hyaline sac enclosing the cell with flexible aperture, outer layer consists of loosely arranged organic spheres. Size c. 100 µm. Endoplasm granular, usually more than 100 vesicular nuclei, each c. 3-5 µm.
Habitat: Herbivorous, on Sphagnum, dry mosses on trees and 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