Vannella primoblina n. sp.– an unusual species of the genus Vannella (Amoebozoa, Discosea, Vannellida) with pronounced dorsal ridges and folds

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Vannella primoblina n. sp.– an unusual species of the genus Vannella (Amoebozoa, Discosea, Vannellida) with pronounced dorsal ridges and folds. / Mesentsev, Y.; Bondarenko, N.; Nassonova, E.; Smirnov, A.

In: European Journal of Protistology, Vol. 77, 125757, 02.2021.

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title = "Vannella primoblina n. sp.– an unusual species of the genus Vannella (Amoebozoa, Discosea, Vannellida) with pronounced dorsal ridges and folds",

abstract = "Amoebae of the order Vannellida (Amoebozoa, Discosea) have a fairly recognizable spatulate, fan-shaped or semi-circular outlines and a wide area of the frontal hyaloplasm. They can be easily distinguished from the other groups of lobose amoebae even by the light microscopy. The dorsal side of these amoebae is usually smooth and rarely bears ridges or folds, which are never numerous or regular. We have isolated an unusual species of vannellid amoebae, called Vannella primoblina n. sp. from the terrestrial substrate. It has well-developed dorsal relief consisting of regularly appearing folds and ridges. This amoeba superficially resembles members of the genus Thecamoeba. However, molecular analysis showed that this strain belongs to the genus Vannella. This finding indicates that dorsal folds may also be a characteristic of some species of vannellid amoebae and probably are a functional detail of the cell morphology rather than the apomorphy of Thecamoebida lineage. Overall outlines of the cell and the presence of the expanded frontal hyaline area remains the most reliable characters used to differentiate vannellid amoebae from other gymnamoebae lineages.",

keywords = "Amoebozoa, Morphology, Phylogeny, Systematics, Vannella",

author = "Y. Mesentsev and N. Bondarenko and E. Nassonova and A. Smirnov",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 Elsevier GmbH",

year = "2021",

month = feb,

doi = "10.1016/j.ejop.2020.125757",

language = "English",

volume = "77",

journal = "European Journal of Protistology",

issn = "0932-4739",

publisher = "Urban und Fischer Verlag GmbH und Co. KG",

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T1 - Vannella primoblina n. sp.– an unusual species of the genus Vannella (Amoebozoa, Discosea, Vannellida) with pronounced dorsal ridges and folds

AU - Mesentsev, Y.

AU - Bondarenko, N.

AU - Nassonova, E.

AU - Smirnov, A.

PY - 2021/2

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N2 - Amoebae of the order Vannellida (Amoebozoa, Discosea) have a fairly recognizable spatulate, fan-shaped or semi-circular outlines and a wide area of the frontal hyaloplasm. They can be easily distinguished from the other groups of lobose amoebae even by the light microscopy. The dorsal side of these amoebae is usually smooth and rarely bears ridges or folds, which are never numerous or regular. We have isolated an unusual species of vannellid amoebae, called Vannella primoblina n. sp. from the terrestrial substrate. It has well-developed dorsal relief consisting of regularly appearing folds and ridges. This amoeba superficially resembles members of the genus Thecamoeba. However, molecular analysis showed that this strain belongs to the genus Vannella. This finding indicates that dorsal folds may also be a characteristic of some species of vannellid amoebae and probably are a functional detail of the cell morphology rather than the apomorphy of Thecamoebida lineage. Overall outlines of the cell and the presence of the expanded frontal hyaline area remains the most reliable characters used to differentiate vannellid amoebae from other gymnamoebae lineages.

AB - Amoebae of the order Vannellida (Amoebozoa, Discosea) have a fairly recognizable spatulate, fan-shaped or semi-circular outlines and a wide area of the frontal hyaloplasm. They can be easily distinguished from the other groups of lobose amoebae even by the light microscopy. The dorsal side of these amoebae is usually smooth and rarely bears ridges or folds, which are never numerous or regular. We have isolated an unusual species of vannellid amoebae, called Vannella primoblina n. sp. from the terrestrial substrate. It has well-developed dorsal relief consisting of regularly appearing folds and ridges. This amoeba superficially resembles members of the genus Thecamoeba. However, molecular analysis showed that this strain belongs to the genus Vannella. This finding indicates that dorsal folds may also be a characteristic of some species of vannellid amoebae and probably are a functional detail of the cell morphology rather than the apomorphy of Thecamoebida lineage. Overall outlines of the cell and the presence of the expanded frontal hyaline area remains the most reliable characters used to differentiate vannellid amoebae from other gymnamoebae lineages.

KW - Amoebozoa

KW - Morphology

KW - Phylogeny

KW - Systematics

KW - Vannella

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U2 - 10.1016/j.ejop.2020.125757

DO - 10.1016/j.ejop.2020.125757

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VL - 77

JO - European Journal of Protistology

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