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