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

Observations on Pyxidicula operculata

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 Pyxidicula Ehrenberg, 1838

Pyxidicula operculata (Agardh, 1827) Ehrenberg, 1838

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Refer to Ogden, Colin G. „Die Feinstruktur der Schale von Pyxidicula operculata, einer aquatischen, steinförmigen Amöbe (Rhizopoda).“ Archiv für Protistenkunde 133.3-4 (1987): 157-164.

Add’l Synonyms: n.a.

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Sampling date 09/2010. Scale bars indicate 10 µm.

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Place name: Pond situated in the vicinity of Lake Constance (Germany)
Latitude: 47.734945 Longitude: 9.091097

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF images.

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Place name: Pond Birkensee near Rödelsee (Lower Franconia, Germany)
Latitude: 49.71819841 Longitude: 10.27807474

Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Canon DSLR.

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Observations on Pyxidicula operculata

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