Testate Amoebae –
Amoebozoa (Part), Stramenopiles (Part), Rhizaria (Part)
Observations on Ichthyosquama amphoralis
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Ichthyosquama amphoralis (Penard) Soler-Zamora et al., 2023
Most likely ID: n.a.
Basionym: Cyphoderia trochus var. amphoralis Wailes & Penard, 1911
Add’l Synonyms: Cyphoderia amphoralis (Wailes and Penard, 1911) Todorov et al., 2009
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.
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
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.
Sampling date 06/2012. Scale bar indicates 50 µm.
Place name: Bog near Reith/Pillersee (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.477767 Longitude: 12.337294
Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Canon EOS 600D. DOF image.
Sampling date 06/2023. Scale bars indicate 25 µm (1), 10 µm (2).
Two images.
| First: | Synoptic representation of the test (shell). |
| Second: | Close-up of the silicious scales |
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Place name: Wetland Paradieswiese near Kitzbühel (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.47375067 Longitude: 12.37624884
Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera OM-D M5 MKII. DOF image.
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