Biology:Amphitrema

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Short description: Genus of single-celled organisms

Amphitrema
File:Collection Penard MHNG Specimen 48-5-1 Amphitrema stenostoma.tif
Amphitrema stenostoma
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
Superphylum:
Heterokonta
Class:
Order:
Amphitremida[1]
Family:
Amphitremidae
Genus:
Amphitrema

Archer 1758
Species
  • ?A. congolense van Oye 1957
  • ?A. jollyi Van Oye 1956
  • ?A. paparoensis Van Oye 1956
  • A. stenostoma Nusslin 1884
  • A. wrightianum Archer 1869

Amphitrema is a genus of testate amoeba in the family Amphitremidae. The genus is commonly found in Sphagnum-dominated peatlands. All species of this genus are mixotrophic and harbor unicellular algae belonging to genus Chlorella.

Species

  • ?Amphitrema congolense van Oye 1957
  • ?Amphitrema jollyi Van Oye 1956
  • ?Amphitrema paparoensis Van Oye 1956
  • Amphitrema stenostoma Nusslin 1884
  • Amphitrema wrightianum Archer 1869

References

  • Gomaa F, Mitchell EAD, Lara E. 2013 Amphitremida (Poche, 1913) is a new major, ubiquitous labyrinthulomycete clade. PLoS ONE 8(1): e53046. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0053046
  • Gomaa F, Kosakyan A, Heger TJ, Corsaro D, Mitchell EAD, Lara E. 2014. One Alga to Rule them All: Unrelated Mixotrophic Testate Amoebae (Amoebozoa, Rhizaria and Stramenopiles) Share the Same Symbiont (Trebouxiophyceae). Protist 165(2): 161-176. doi: /10.1016/j.protis.2014.01.002

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q20685876 entry