Wolfgang Bettighofer Amoebazoa Trait Data

Habitat and ecomorphological guild data compiled by Wolfgang Bettighofer from the following sources:

Atlan, D., Coupat-Goutaland, B., Risler, A., Reyrolle, M., Souchon, M., Briolay, J., Jarraud, S., Doublet, P. and Pélandakis, M., 2012. Micriamoeba tesseris nov. gen. nov. sp.: a new taxon of free-living small-sized Amoebae non-permissive to virulent Legionellae. Protist, 163(6), pp.888-902. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2012.04.006

Cruz, C.F.D., 2004. Foraminíferos e tecamebas (arcellans) recentes na baía de iguape e baixo curso do Rio Pàraguaçu: ocorrência e distribuição. https://repositorio.ufba.br/bitstream/ri/21849/1/CLAUDIA%20FERREIRA%20DA%20CRUZ.pdf

Golemansky, V. G., Skarlato, S. O., & Todorov, M. T. (1987). A light-and electron-microscopical (SEM and TEM) study of Microchlamys sylvatica n. sp.(Rhizopoda: Arcellinida). Archiv für Protistenkunde, 134(2-3), 161-167. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0003-9365(87)80069-6

González-Miguéns, R., Soler-Zamora, C., Villar-Depablo, M., Todorov, M. and Lara, E., 2022. Multiple convergences in the evolutionary history of the testate amoeba family Arcellidae (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida: Sphaerothecina): when the ecology rules the morphology. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 194(4), pp.1044-1071. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab074

González-Miguéns, R., Todorov, M., Blandenier, Q., Duckert, C., Porfirio-Sousa, A.L., Ribeiro, G.M., Ramos, D., Lahr, D.J., Buckley, D. and Lara, E., 2022. Deconstructing Difflugia: The tangled evolution of lobose testate amoebae shells (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida) illustrates the importance of convergent evolution in protist phylogeny. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 175, p.107557. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107557

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Kudryavtsev, A., & Hausmann, K. (2007). Spumochlamys iliensis ngn sp.(Testacealobosia, Microchlamyiidae) from Central Asia, with notes on the diversity of Microchlamys-like testate amoebae. European journal of protistology, 43(3), 185-191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejop.2007.03.001

Kudryavtsev, A., Pawlowski, J. and Hausmann, K., 2009. Description and phylogenetic relationships of Spumochlamys perforata n. sp. and Spumochlamys bryora n. sp.(Amoebozoa, Arcellinida). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 56(6), pp.495-503. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.2009.00430.x

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Meisterfeld, R., & Badewitz, H. (2006). A redescription of Amphizonella violacea (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida). Acta protozoologica, 45(2), 167.

Page, F. C. (1976). Illustrated key to freshwater and soil amoebae with notes on cultivation and ecology. Scientific publication.

Siemensma, F. J., Microworld, world of amoeboid organisms. World-wide electronic publication, Kortenhoef, the Netherlands. https://arcella.nl/

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