Definition of Genus Difflugia

1. Noun. Genus of protozoans related to ameba.

Generic synonyms: Protoctist Genus
Group relationships: Order Testacea, Testacea
Member holonyms: Difflugia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Difflugia

genus Diapheromera
genus Dicamptodon
genus Dicentra
genus Diceros
genus Dichondra
genus Dicranopteris
genus Dicranum
genus Dicrostonyx
genus Dictamnus
genus Dictostylium
genus Dictyophera
genus Didelphis
genus Dieffenbachia
genus Diervilla
genus Difflugia (current term)
genus Digitalis
genus Digitaria
genus Dillenia
genus Dimetrodon
genus Dimocarpus
genus Dimorphotheca
genus Dinornis
genus Diodon
genus Diomedea
genus Dionaea
genus Dioon
genus Dioscorea
genus Diospyros
genus Diphylla

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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