Testate Amoebae –
Amoebozoa (Part), Stramenopiles (Part), Rhizaria (Part)
Observations on Difflugia pyriformis
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 Longithecina Lahr et al., 2019
●●●●●● Family Difflugiidae Wallich, 1864
●●●●●●● Genus Difflugia Leclerc, 1815
Difflugia pyriformis Perty, 1849
Most likely ID: n.a.
Basionym: n.a.
Add’l Synonyms: n.a.
Sampling date 10/2008.
Image above:
The green color originates from zoochlorellae. Scale bar indicates 100 µm.
Image below:
Details: On the left, the aperture with a strong straight pseudopodium containing a defecation vacuole and zoochlorellae, in the middle, an apertural view also with zoochlorellae. Scale bar in left image indicates 10 µm, others 50 µm.
Third image:
This close-up shows the lenticular shape of the zoochlorellae. The membrane boundaries of the defecation vacuole transporting waste are visible. Scale bar indicates 10 µm.
Place name: Pond Suploch, Hiddensee (Germany)
Latitude: 54.538638 Longitude: 13.097802
Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF images.
Three pictures taken at different magnifications, the first two were taken with a dissecting microscope.
Please click on < or > on the image edges or on the dots at the bottom edge of the images to browse through the slides!
Place name: Pond near Großostheim (Germany)
Latitude: 49.88482168 Longitude: 9.09980822
Microscope Zeiss Axioplan and Olympus stereomicroscope SZX16, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.
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