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 04/2021. Scale bar indicates 50 µm.
The cell is preparing for binary fission. Tiny sand grains are already being collected on the pseudostome for the test (shell) of the daughter cell (bottom left corner).
Place name: Pond near Großostheim (Germany)
Latitude: 49.88482168 Longitude: 9.09980822
Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF image.
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