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Stygamoeba cauta n.sp. (Amoebozoa, Discosea) – a new brackish-water species from Nivå Bay (Baltic Sea, the Sound). / Lotonin, Kirill ; Smirnov, Alexey .

In: European Journal of Protistology, Vol. 72, 125660, 02.2020.

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title = "Stygamoeba cauta n.sp. (Amoebozoa, Discosea) – a new brackish-water species from Niv{\aa} Bay (Baltic Sea, the Sound)",
abstract = "Several evolutionary lineages of Amoebozoa are characterized by unusual morphological and ultrastructural features that impede resolving of their position in the phylogenetic tree. Among them is the genus Stygamoeba, not yet reliably placed on the phylogenetic tree even by a phylogenomic analysis. Only two species of Stygamoeba are known at present, and molecular data exists on one species only. Here, we present a description of the mesohaline species Stygamoeba cauta n. sp. isolated from the bottom sediments of Niv{\aa} Bay (Baltic Sea, The Sound). This stick-like, flattened amoeba morphologically resembles the previously described species Stygamoeba regulata Smirnov, 1996. However, the molecular analysis based on the 18S rRNA gene sequences and differences in cell behavior and pattern of locomotion provide strong support for establishing a new species.",
keywords = "Amoebozoa, DISCOSEA, Phylogeny, Stygamoeb, systematics, Systematics, Discosea, Stygamoeba",
author = "Kirill Lotonin and Alexey Smirnov",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 Elsevier GmbH",
year = "2020",
month = feb,
doi = "10.1016/j.ejop.2019.125660",
language = "English",
volume = "72",
journal = "European Journal of Protistology",
issn = "0932-4739",
publisher = "Urban und Fischer Verlag GmbH und Co. KG",

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T1 - Stygamoeba cauta n.sp. (Amoebozoa, Discosea) – a new brackish-water species from Nivå Bay (Baltic Sea, the Sound)

AU - Lotonin, Kirill

AU - Smirnov, Alexey

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2019 Elsevier GmbH

PY - 2020/2

Y1 - 2020/2

N2 - Several evolutionary lineages of Amoebozoa are characterized by unusual morphological and ultrastructural features that impede resolving of their position in the phylogenetic tree. Among them is the genus Stygamoeba, not yet reliably placed on the phylogenetic tree even by a phylogenomic analysis. Only two species of Stygamoeba are known at present, and molecular data exists on one species only. Here, we present a description of the mesohaline species Stygamoeba cauta n. sp. isolated from the bottom sediments of Nivå Bay (Baltic Sea, The Sound). This stick-like, flattened amoeba morphologically resembles the previously described species Stygamoeba regulata Smirnov, 1996. However, the molecular analysis based on the 18S rRNA gene sequences and differences in cell behavior and pattern of locomotion provide strong support for establishing a new species.

AB - Several evolutionary lineages of Amoebozoa are characterized by unusual morphological and ultrastructural features that impede resolving of their position in the phylogenetic tree. Among them is the genus Stygamoeba, not yet reliably placed on the phylogenetic tree even by a phylogenomic analysis. Only two species of Stygamoeba are known at present, and molecular data exists on one species only. Here, we present a description of the mesohaline species Stygamoeba cauta n. sp. isolated from the bottom sediments of Nivå Bay (Baltic Sea, The Sound). This stick-like, flattened amoeba morphologically resembles the previously described species Stygamoeba regulata Smirnov, 1996. However, the molecular analysis based on the 18S rRNA gene sequences and differences in cell behavior and pattern of locomotion provide strong support for establishing a new species.

KW - Amoebozoa

KW - DISCOSEA

KW - Phylogeny

KW - Stygamoeb

KW - systematics

KW - Systematics

KW - Discosea

KW - Stygamoeba

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85076055615&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/stygamoeba-cauta-n-sp-amoebozoa-discosea-new-brackishwater-species-niv%C3%A5-bay-baltic-sea-sound

U2 - 10.1016/j.ejop.2019.125660

DO - 10.1016/j.ejop.2019.125660

M3 - Article

VL - 72

JO - European Journal of Protistology

JF - European Journal of Protistology

SN - 0932-4739

M1 - 125660

ER -

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