Testate Amoebae –
Amoebozoa (Part), Stramenopiles (Part), Rhizaria (Part)
Observations on Difflugia bryophila
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 Longithecina Lahr et al., 2019
●●●●●● Family Difflugiidae Wallich, 1864
●●●●●●● Genus Difflugia Leclerc, 1815
Difflugia bryophila (Penard, 1902) Jung, 1942
Most likely ID: n.a.
Basionym: Difflugia pyriformis var. bryophila Penard, 1902
Add’l Synonyms: Difflugia oblonga var. bryophila (Penard, 1902) Gauthier-Lièvre & Thomas, 1958
Sampling date 09/2025. Scale bars indicate 50 µm.
Three images. Whole test and two optical cross-sections.
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Place name: Pond Kleiner Moarkopf near Lachtal (Styria, Austria)
Latitude: 47.24297 Longitude: 14.40055 Elevation: 1615 m
Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.
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