Testate Amoebae –
Amoebozoa (Part), Stramenopiles (Part), Rhizaria (Part)
Observations on 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.
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.
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.
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