Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

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

Observations on Microchlamys patella

Microchlamys patella

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 Organoconcha Lahr et al., 2019
●●●●● Family Microchlamyiidae Ogden, 1985
●●●●●● Genus Microchlamys Cockerell, 1911

Microchlamys patella (Claparède & Lachmann, 1859) Cockerell, 1911

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Pseudochlamys patella Claparède & Lachmann, 1859

Add’l Synonyms: n.a.

Sampling date 06/2011. Scale bars indicate 25 µm (1), 50 µm (2).

Two images.

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Place name: Wetland at the Pillersee (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.531785     Longitude: 12.573095

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF images.

Scale bars indicate 25 µm.

Six images: Motion study. The optical cross-section is partially oblique.

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Place name: Tropical freshwater aquarium
Latitude: 54.3018013     Longitude: 10.07120132

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Canon EOS 600D. DOF images.

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