Testate Amoebae –
Amoebozoa (Part), Stramenopiles (Part), Rhizaria (Part)
Observations on Zonomyxa violacea
Taxonomic tree according to Kang et al., 2017 (https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msx162)
Amorphea Adl et al., 2012
Amoebozoa Lühe, 1913, renewed definition Cavalier-Smith, 1998
● Tubulinea Smirnov et al., 2005
●● Corycidia Kang et al., 2017
●●● Genus Zonomyxa Nüsslin, 1882
Zonomyxa violacea Nüsslin, 1882
Most likely ID: n.a.
Basionym: n.a.
Add’l Synonyms: n.a.
Sampling date 06/2023. Scale bars indicate 50 µm.
Place name: Wetland Lauchseemoor, Fieberbrunn (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.46954439 Longitude: 12.53826499
Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF image.
Sampling date 06/2023. Scale bars indicate 50 µm (1, 3), 10 µm (2, 4).
Four slides, two images, each with a labeled version.
| First couple: | The arrow indicates a fibrous structure that belongs to the chitinous shell. This shell type is characteristic of the taxonomic group Corycidia, which includes this species. |
| Second couple: | The cells contain multiple nuclei (arrows). |
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Place name: Wetland Lauchseemoor, Fieberbrunn (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.46954439 Longitude: 12.53826499
Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.
Scale bars indicate 25 µm (1) and 10 µm (2–4).
Four slides showing nuclei. The double layered nuclear envelopes are clearly visible.
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 Lauchseemoor, Fieberbrunn (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.46954439 Longitude: 12.53826499
Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.
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