Euglypha muscorum
E. muscorum, Reestdal, Netherlands, 2024

Euglypha muscorum Wailes and Penard, 1911
Basionym: Euglypha strigosa muscorum Wailes and Penard, 1911

Diagnosis. Shell broader in proportion to its length than E. strigosa, and of a more or less pyriform outline in broad view; body-scales small; either without or with short spines; plasma and pseudopodia as in E. strigosa.

Dimensions: Shell length 45—60 µm; width 38—45 µm; aperture 12—18 µm in diameter; body-scales about 5 µm in length and 3 µm in width.

Ecology and distribution. Usually restricted to mosses, amongst which it is found in association with E. strigosa.
I found this species in dry mosses, e.g., on a tree in Spanderswoud, the Netherlands, but also in mosses on rocks in Spain.

E. muscorum
E. muscorum
E. muscorum, moss on soil, the Netherlands
Euglypha muscorum
Euglypha muscorum
E. muscorum, spineless; in moss on a tree, the Netherlands, and drawing by Wailes (1915)
Ferry Siemensma, created March 2, 2019; last modified January 09, 2025
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