Awerintzewia cyclostoma

Awerintzewia cyclostoma
Systematics
without rank:	Amoebozoa
without rank:	Tubulinea
without rank:	Arcellinida
without rank:	Difflugina
Genre :	Awerintzewia
Type :	Awerintzewia cyclostoma
Scientific name of the genus
	Awerintzewia
	Schouteden , 1906
Scientific name of the species
	Awerintzewia cyclostoma
	( Penard , 1902)

Awerintzewia cyclostoma is a shell amoeba of the Arcellinida . It is also known in German as the round-mouth shell amoeba. The species occurs in ponds on aquatic plants and in peat moss lawns .

features

Awerintzewia cyclostoma is 135 to 180 micrometers long. The case is dark purple and oval. It is densely paved with quartz debris. The mouth opening is elliptical.

supporting documents

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Heinz Streble , Dieter Krauter : Life in the water drop. Microflora and microfauna of freshwater. An identification book. Franckh-Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-440-11966-2

[Wassertropfen-1] A ^b Heinz Streble , Dieter Krauter : Life in the water drop. Microflora and microfauna of freshwater. An identification book. Franckh-Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-440-11966-2