Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

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

Observations on Zivkovicia compressa

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

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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.

Zivkovicia compressa

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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