Testate Amoebae –
Amoebozoa (Part), Stramenopiles (Part), Rhizaria (Part)
Observations on Galeripora bathystoma
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 Sphaerothecina Kosakyan, Lara and Lahr, 2016
●●●●●● Family Arcellidae Ehrenberg, 1843
●●●●●●● Genus Galeripora González-Miguéns, Soler-Zamora, Villar-dePablo, Todorov & Lara, 2021
Galeripora bathystoma (Deflandre, 1928) González-Miguéns et al., 2021
Most likely ID: n.a.
Basionym: Arcella bathystoma Deflandre, 1928
Add’l Synonyms: n.a.
Sampling date 06/2025. Scale bars indicate 25 µm.
Five images.
| First: | View of the aperture. The genus-defining shell wall openings around the aperture become visible. |
| Second: | Lateral view in the direction of the aperture which is located in a conically shaped depression. |
| Third to fifth: | Three optical sections of the lateral view from image No. 2 showing parts of the aperture. |
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Place name: Moor called Schwemm near Walchsee (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.657707 Longitude: 12.299540 Elevation: 669 m
Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.
Sampling date 06/2025. Scale bars indicate 50 µm.
Two images.
| First: | Oblique view of the top of the shell. |
| Second: | Oblique view, focused on the plane of the aperture. |
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Place name: Bog Simamoor near Pillersee (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.583121 Longitude: 12.617422 Elevation: 749 m
Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.
Sampling date 06/2025. Scale bars indicate 50 µm.
Three images. Lateral view followed by two optical sections through it.
Please click on < or > on the image edges or on the dots at the bottom edge of the images to browse through the slides!
Place name: Bog Simamoor near Pillersee (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.583121 Longitude: 12.617422 Elevation: 749 m
Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.
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