Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

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

Observations on Cylindrifflugia periurbana

Cylindrifflugia periurbana

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 periurbana González-Miguéns et al., 2023

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: n.a.

Cylindrifflugia periurbana

Sampling date 10/2007. Scale bar indicates 50 µm.

The xenosoms in the test, which originate from pennate diatoms, are clearly visible.

This species was previously associated with Cylindrflugia acuminata (Ehrenberg, 1838), but is considerably smaller (1/3 mm in Ehrenberg’s description).

Place name: Pond Suploch, Hiddensee (Germany)
Latitude: 54.538638     Longitude: 13.097802

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF image.

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