Subspecies Argynnia vitraea sphagni Penard, 1911

Museums

Regional Maps

• Argynnia vitraea sphagni Penard, E. 1911. Rhizopodes d'eau douce. In: British Antarctic Expedition 1907-9, under the command of Sir E.H. Shackleton, C.V.O. Reports on the scientific investigations. London : William Heinemann Part 6 pp. 203–262.

Introduction

Size: 95 x 75 µm

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater, moss, soil dweller.

General References

Meisterfield, R. & Tan, L-W. 1998. First records of testate amoebae (Protozoa: Rhizopoda) from Mount Buffalo National Park, Victoria. Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) 115: 231-238

Seamer, D. & Croome, R. 2007. Observations of testate amoebae (Rhizopoda, Protozoa) from a Sphagnum bog in Jackeys Marsh, Northern Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 141: 197-201

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