Testate Amoebae –
Amoebozoa (Part), Stramenopiles (Part), Rhizaria (Part)
Observations on Tracheleuglypha elongata
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Tracheleuglypha elongata (Playfair, 1917)
Most likely ID: n.a.
Basionym: Euglypha dentata var. elongata Playfair, 1917
Add’l Synonyms: n.a.
Remarks:
a) The genus Tracheleuglypha is currently classified in Imbricatea incertae sedis (Siemensma, F. J., Microworld, world of amoeboid organisms. World-wide electronic publication, Kortenhoef, the Netherlands. Searched on July 27, 2024).
b) Full authorship: Tracheleuglypha elongata (Playfair, 1917) Thomas & Gauthier-Lièvre, 1959 (comb. nov.)
Playfair (1917) described Euglypha dentata var. elongata, Thomas & Gauthier-Lièvre (1959) transferred the taxon to Tracheleuglypha.
Sampling date 06/2025. Scale bars indicate 25 µm.
Four images: entire test and optical cross sections. The teeth around the pseudostome are different from the scales; they are not made of silicate, but of protein!
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Place name: Wetland Paradieswiese near Kitzbühel (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.47375067 Longitude: 12.37624884 Elevation: 777 m
Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.
Sampling date 06/2025. Scale bars indicate 10 µm.
Two images.
Same specimen as above. Enlarged view of the cell nucleus.
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Place name: Wetland Paradieswiese near Kitzbühel (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.47375067 Longitude: 12.37624884 Elevation: 777 m
Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.
Sampling date 06/2025. Scale bars indicate 25 µm.
Four images: Another specimen with a more elongated test. Entire test and optical cross sections.
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Place name: Wetland Paradieswiese near Kitzbühel (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.47375067 Longitude: 12.37624884 Elevation: 777 m
Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.
Sampling date 06/2025. Scale bars indicate 25 µm.
Five images.
Same specimen as above. Stronger pressure on the coverslip revealed details of the structure of the organic pseudostome ring and its teeth. The 5th image shows the inside view of the pseudostome ring.
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: Wetland Paradieswiese near Kitzbühel (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.47375067 Longitude: 12.37624884 Elevation: 777 m
Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.
Sampling date 06/2025. Scale bars indicate 20 µm.
As a result of a preparation artifact, the organic pseudostome teeth are only rudimentary.
Place name: Wetland Paradieswiese near Kitzbühel (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.47375067 Longitude: 12.37624884 Elevation: 777 m
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