Testate Amoebae –
Amoebozoa (Part), Stramenopiles (Part), Rhizaria (Part)
Observations on Galeripora arenaria
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 SphaerothecinaKosakyan, Lara and Lahr, 2016
●●●●●● Family Arcellidae Ehrenberg, 1843
●●●●●●● Genus Galeripora González-Miguéns, Soler-Zamora, Villar-dePablo, Todorov & Lara, 2021
Galeripora arenaria (Greeff, 1866) González-Miguéns et al., 2021
Most likely ID: n.a.
Basionym: Arcella arenaria Greeff, 1866
Add’l Synonyms: Arcella aureola Greeff, 1866
Arcella arenaria Maggi, 1888
Arcella microstoma Penard, 1890
Arcella arenaria f. compressa Chardez, 1957
Arcella arenaria var. grandis Bunesco & Matic, 1982
Arcella arenaria var. irregularis Decloître, 1972
Arcella arenaria var. sphagnicola Deflandre, 1928
Arcella arenaria var. sphagnicola f. undulata Decloître, 1965
Sampling date 04/2021. Scale bar indicates 25 µm.
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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