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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Averintzia

Averintzia Schouteden (ref. ID; 1618)

ref. ID; 1618

Test similar to that of Heleopera, but small aperture elliptical; test thickened around aperture; fresh water. (ref. ID; 1618)
  1. Averintzia cyclostoma (Penard) (ref. ID; 1618)

Averintzia cyclostoma (Penard) (ref. ID; 1618)

Descriptions

Test dark violet, with sand-grains of different sizes; elliptical in cross-section; pseudopodia unobserved; in sphagnum and aquatic plants. (ref. ID; 1618)

Measurements

135-180 µm long. (ref. ID; 1618)