Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Testate Amoebae –
Amoebozoa (Part), Stramenopiles (Part), Rhizaria (Part)

Observations on Cylindrifflugia acuminata

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.

Cylindrifflugia acuminata

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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