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

Observations on Cyphoderia amphoralis

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Cyphoderia amphoralis (Wailes and Penard, 1911) Todorov et al., 2009

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Cyphoderia trochus var. amphoralis Wailes and Penard, 1911

Add’l Synonyms: n.a.

Remark: In the paper mentioned below, Soler-Zamora et al. used molecular biology to investigate the problem of ‘shadow species’ in the collective species Cyphoderia ampulla sensu lato and established the new genus Ichthyosquama. The specimen shown here under the name Cyphoderia amphoralis (still common in 2024) are most likely members of the genus Ichthyosquama: I. amphoralis.

Soler-Zamora, Carmen, et al. “The problem of ‘shadow species’ as illustrated with the taxonomic hotchpotch Cyphoderia ampulla (Rhizaria: Cyphoderiidae).” Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 199.2 (2023): 477-492.
https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad040

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Sampling date 04/2021. Scale bars indicate 50 µm.

Three images.

First and second:	Synoptic representation of the test (shell), ventral view.
Third:	The specimen is going to start binary fission.

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Place name: Pond near Großostheim (Germany)
Latitude: 49.88482168 Longitude: 9.09980822

Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.

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Observations on Cyphoderia amphoralis

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