Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

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

Observations on Zivkovicia spectabilis

Zivkovicia spectabilis

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 spectabilis (Penard, 1902) Ogden, 1987

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Pontigulasia spectabilis Penard, 1902

Add’l Synonyms: n.a.

Sampling date 06/2020. Scale bars indicate 100 µm (1), 50 µm (2).

Two images.

First:Synoptic representation of the test (shell).
Second:Pseudostome view.

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Place name: Creek in 63649 Rossbach (Lower Franconia, Germany)
Latitude: 49.87747709     Longitude: 9.23824668

Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.

Scale bars indicate 100 µm.

Two images.
Zivkovicia spectabilis feeding on desmid Closterium. The amoeba actively penetrates the cell wall of the alga.

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Place name: Creek in 63649 Rossbach (Lower Franconia, Germany)
Latitude: 49.87747709     Longitude: 9.23824668

Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.

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