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

Observations on Ichthyosquama sanabriensis

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Ichthyosquama spec. Soler-Zamora et al., 2023

Most likely ID: Ichthyosquama sanabriensis

Basionym: n.a.

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.

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

 

Ichthyosquama sanabriensis

Sampling date 07/2012. Scale bar indicates 25 µm.

Place name: Bog at Hohes Venn, Eifel (Germany)  
Latitude: 50.60840831     Longitude: 6.42846107

Microscope Leica DIC, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF image.

Sampling date 04/2021. Scale bars indicate 50 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: 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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