Testate Amoebae –
Amoebozoa (Part), Stramenopiles (Part), Rhizaria (Part)
Observations on Galeripora discoides
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 SphaerothecinaKosakyan, Lara and Lahr, 2016
●●●●●● Family Arcellidae Ehrenberg, 1843
●●●●●●● Genus Galeripora González-Miguéns, Soler-Zamora, Villar-dePablo, Todorov & Lara, 2021
Galeripora discoides (Ehrenberg, 1871) González-Miguéns et al., 2021
Most likely ID: n.a.
Basionym: Arcella discoides Ehrenberg, 1871
Add’l Synonyms: n.a.
Sampling date 11/2008. Scale bar indicates 50 µm.
Synoptic representation of cell contents and test (shell) structure.
This high resolution image shows the two vesicular nuclei with a large central nucleolus each, three contractile vacuoles and four refractile items: air blisters. The cell can control the sizes of this blisters in order to turn over if it becomes necessary.
Place name: Bog Dosenmoor near Neumuenster (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Latitude: 54.136219 Longitude: 10.026433
Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF image.
Sampling date 02/2018. Scale bar indicates 25 µm.
Synoptic representation of cell contents and test (shell) structure.
Place name: Lake Fuhlensee near Schilksee (Kiel, Germany)
Latitude: 54.43136338 Longitude: 10.16243935
Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF image.
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