Testate Amoebae –
Amoebozoa (Part), Stramenopiles (Part), Rhizaria (Part)
Observations on Zivkovicia compressa
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 Zivkovicia Ogden, 1983
Zivkovicia compressa (Carter, 1864) Ogden, 1983
Most likely ID: n.a.
Basionym: Pontigulasia compressa Carter, 1864
Add’l Synonyms: Pontigulasia bigibbosa Penard, 1902
Sampling date 04/2021. Scale bars indicate 50 µm.
Two images.
First: | Synoptic representation of the test (shell). |
Second: | Optical cross section showing the inner perforated diaphragm at the neck junction. |
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Place name: Pond near Großostheim (Germany)
Latitude: 49.88482168 Longitude: 9.09980822
Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.
Scale bar indicates 50 µm.
Synoptic representations of a test (shell).
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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