Plagiopyla simplex, WETZEL, 1928

PLAGIOPYLA SIMPLEX WETZEL, 1928 View in CoL

1928: Plagiopyla simplex – Wetzel, Zoomorphology, 13: 195–198; figs 5, 6 (original description, illustrated, no type material available).

1931: Plagiopyla simplex Wetzel, 1928 – Kahl Tierwelt Dtl., 21: 265; fig 45.4 (guide; revision).

2007: Plagiopyla simplex Wetzel, 1928 – Jankowski, Russian Acad. Sci. , p. 793 (revision).

Improved diagnosis ( Fig. 18D): Body length 135– 150 µm, body width 60–70 µm. Final part of the body pointed. Somatic kineties: 80. Striated band absent. One ellipsoidal macronucleus (35–40 × 15–16 µm) and a single compact-type micronucleus (Ø about 7.5 µm). One contractile vacuole. Extrusomes present (about 6–7 µm in length).

Type locality/ecology and distribution: Freshwater , in Leipzig ( Germany) .