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Definition of Genus Difflugia
1. Noun. Genus of protozoans related to ameba.
Group relationships: Order Testacea, Testacea
Member holonyms: Difflugia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Difflugia
Literary usage of Genus Difflugia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science edited by Biologists Limited, The Company of. (1877)
"... whose habit is to build up or affix foreign particles, should be retained in
the genus Difflugia proper. At the same time it is an open question whether ..."
2. Microscopy for Beginners: Or, Common Objects from the Ponds and Ditches by Alfred Cheatham Stokes (1887)
"There are several species of the genus Difflugia, of which the following are
about the commonest. They are found abundantly in the mud and among Sphagnum. ..."
3. Aquatic Microscopy for Beginners: Or, Common Objects from the Ponds and Ditches by Alfred Cheatham Stokes (1918)
"There are several species of the genus Difflugia, of which the following are
among the commonest. They are found abundantly on the mud, and also among the ..."
4. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1874)
"... A. vulgaris and A. dentata, with their varieties, are common with us. In the
genus Difflugia the likeness of our species to those of Europe is striking. ..."
5. Popular Science Monthly (1912)
"... genus Difflugia contains a great number of species, differing in the size and
shape of the little shells they make. It is not necessary to suppose that ..."
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