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Testate Amoebae –
Amoebozoa (Part), Stramenopiles (Part), Rhizaria (Part)

Observations on Cylindrifflugia acuminata

Cylindrifflugia acuminata

Taxonomic tree according to Lahr et al., 2019 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.01.078)
and González-Miguéns et al., 2022 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107557)

Amorphea Adl et al., 2012
Amoebozoa Lühe, 1913, renewed definition Cavalier-Smith, 1998
● Tubulinea Smirnov et al., 2005
●● Elardia, Kang et al., 2017
●●● Order Arcellinida Kent, 1880
●●●● Suborder Glutinoconcha Lahr et al., 2019
●●●●● Infraorder Cylindrothecina González-Miguéns et al., 2022
●●●●●● Family Cylindrifflugidae González-Miguéns et al., 2022 (only one genus)
●●●●●●● Genus Cylindrifflugia González-Miguéns et al., 2022

Cylindrifflugia acuminata (Ehrenberg, 1838) González-Miguéns et al., 2022

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Difflugia acuminata Ehrenberg, 1838

Add’l Synonyms: n.a.

Cylindrifflugia acuminata

Sampling date 09/2025. Scale bar indicates 100 µm.

Place name: Pond Kleiner Moarkopf near Lachtal (Styria, Austria) 
Latitude: 47.24297     Longitude: 14.40055     Elevation: 1615 m

Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF image.

Cylindrifflugia acuminata

Sampling date 10/2007. Scale bar indicates 50 µm.

The xenosoms in the test, which originate from pennate diatoms, are clearly visible.

Specimen of a diminutive population.

Place name: Pond Suploch, Hiddensee (Germany)
Latitude: 54.538638     Longitude: 13.097802

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF image.

© Wolfgang Bettighofer,
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