Difflugia (unidentified), (unidentified Difflugia testate rhizopods)

10 Dec 1998 at OSGR: SU56 in Berks, England

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Unidentified: Difflugia (unidentified) (Unidentified Difflugia Testate Rhizopods)
Genus: Difflugia (a genus of testate rhizopods)
Family: DIFFLUGIIDAE (a family of testate amoebae)
Order: ARCELLINIDA (an order of protozoans)
Class: TUBULINEA (a class of protozoans)
Phylum: AMOEBOZOA (amoebae and cellular slime moulds)
Subkingdom: SARCOMASTIGOTA (a subkingdom of protozoans)
Kingdom: PROTOZOA (protists, single-celled organisms)
Domain: Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life: BIOTA (living things)

Record Summary	in dead Sphagnum from base of clump
Found as
Date	10 December 1998
Capture method	Sphagnum squeeze
Associated organism	Sphagnum recurvum
OS grid ref	OSGR: SU56
Lat/Lon	51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W
Vice County	Berks, VC no: 22
Country	England

Notes:

77/67µm (length approximate), mouth 31µm.

Test ovoid with pointed tip, covered in debris.

Mouth more or less round.

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