Subspecies Euglypha acanthophora acanthophora (Ehrenberg, 1841)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Difflugia acanthophora Ehrenberg, C.G. 1841. Über noch jetzt zahlreich lebende Thierarten der Kreidebildung und den Organismus der Polythalamien. Abhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Berlin 1839: 81-174.

Generic Combinations

• Euglypha acanthophora acanthophora (Ehrenberg, 1841). —
  Perty, M. 1849. Kurze Charakteristik der Neuen Formen. Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern 1849: 167-176

Introduction

Size: 53-84 x 28-46 µm

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

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

Ogden, C.G. & Hedley, R.H. 1980. An Atlas of Freshwater Testate Amoebae. British Museum (Natural History), Oxford University Press 222 pp.

Playfair, G.I. 1918. Rhizopods of Sydney and Lismore. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 42: 633-675 + 8 pls

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