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Apodera Loeblich & Tappan 1981

Ralf Meisterfeld and Edward Mitchell
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Containing group: Hyalospheniidae

Introduction

Apodera vas is one of the most common Nebelids in the southern hemisphere, but so far it has not been found in Europe or North America. This genus was proposed by Jung (1942) without type designation. This was corrected by Loeblich & Tappan (1961). Three species, type: Apodera vas Certes, 1889.

Characteristics

Shell subspherical or ellipsoidal, compressed, constriction between body and swollen neck which tapers from its junction with the body towards the aperture, neck. Aperture oval, slightly arched. Shell composed of collected or predated euglyphid idiosomes in an unstructured cement, transparent. Ovular nucleus.

Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships

Lara et al. (2008) have shown in a SSU rRNA tree that Apodera vas is closely related to Nebela lageniformis from South America (Peru).

Ecology

Apodera species live in mosses (often Sphagnum), litter and organic soils. They feed on a wide range of foods including algae and small Euglyphida like Euglypha, Trinema, Corythion or Tracheleuglypha.

References

Deflandre, G. 1936. Etude monographique sur le genre Nebela Leidy (Rhizopoda - Testacea). Ann. Protistol., 5:201-286.

Jung, W. 1942 Südchilenische Thekamöben. (Aus dem süd¬chilenischen Küstengebiet, Beitrag 10). Arch. Protistenk., 95:253-356.

Lara, E., Heger, T.J., Ekelund, F, Lamentowicz and Mitchell, E.A.D. 2008: Ribosomal RNA Genes challenge the monophyly of the Hyalospheniidae (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida). Protist 159: 165-176.

Loeblich, A. R. JR. & Tappan, H. 1961. Remarks on the systematics of the Sarkodina (Protozoa) renamed homonyms and new and validated genera. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 74: 213-234.

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Scientific Name Apodera vas
Location Marion Island
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By Ralf Meisterfeld
Size 170 µm
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Scientific Name Apodera vas
Location Marion Island
Specimen Condition Dead Specimen
Identified By Ralf Meisterfeld
Copyright ©
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This page is being developed as part of the Tree of Life Web Project Protist Diversity Workshop, co-sponsored by the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) program in Integrated Microbial Biodiversity and the Tula Foundation.


Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Germany

Edward Mitchell
University of Neuchâtel

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Meisterfeld, Ralf and Edward Mitchell. 2008. Apodera Loeblich & Tappan 1981. Version 02 September 2008 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Apodera/124532/2008.09.02 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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