Testate Amoebae –
Amoebozoa (Part), Stramenopiles (Part), Rhizaria (Part)
Observations on Nebela collaris
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 Hyalospheniformes Lahr et al., 2019
●●●●●● Family Hyalospheniidae Schultze, 1877 emend. Kosakyan and Lara, 2012
●●●●●●● Genus Nebela (Leidy, 1874) sensu Kosakyan et al., 2016
Nebela collaris (Ehrenberg, 1848) sensu Kosakyan et Gomaa, 2013
Most likely ID: n.a.
Basionym: Difflugia collaris Ehrenberg, 1848
Add’l Synonyms: Difflugia cancellata Ehrenberg, 1848
Difflugia reticulata Ehrenberg, 1848
Difflugia carpio Ehrenberg, 1854
Difflugia laxa Ehrenberg, 1871
Difflugia cellulifera Ehrenberg, 1874
Nebela numata Leidy, 1874
Nebela collaris (Ehrenberg, 1848) Leidy, 1879
Nebela bohemica Taranek, 1882
Nebela sphagnophila (Steinecke) Van Oye, 1933
Nebela tincta var. major Deflandre, 1936
Nebela tincta f. stenostoma Jung, 1936
Sampling date 08/2007. Scale bar indicates 50 µm.
The image shows details of a Nebela test (shell). To build the test, Nebela collects siliceous scales from consumed euglyphids.
Place name: Bogs near Salzburg (Austria)
Latitude: 48.068516 Longitude: 12.954134
Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ.
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