Biology:Amphitrema
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Short description: Genus of single-celled organisms
| Amphitrema | |
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| File:Collection Penard MHNG Specimen 48-5-1 Amphitrema stenostoma.tif | |
| Amphitrema stenostoma | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota
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| Superphylum: | Heterokonta
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| Order: | Amphitremida[1]
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| Family: | Amphitremidae
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| Genus: | Amphitrema Archer 1758
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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
- ↑ "The revised classification of eukaryotes". J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 59 (5): 429–93. 2012. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2012.00644.x. PMID 23020233.
- 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
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