FAQ
Jagiellonian University logo

Morphological Description of Telaepolella tubasferens n. g., n. sp., Isolate ATCC© 50593™, a Filose Amoeba in the Gracilipodida, Amoebozoa

Publication date: 14.01.2013

Acta Protozoologica, 2012, Volume 51, Issue 4, pp. 305-318

https://doi.org/10.4467/16890027AP.12.024.0784

Authors

,
Daniel J. G. Lahr
Department of Zoology, Institute of Biosciences (IB), University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo (SP), Brazil
All publications →
,
Gabriela M. Kubik
Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, USA
All publications →
,
Jessica Grant
Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, USA
All publications →
,
O. Roger Anderson
Biology, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, New York, U.S.A.
All publications →
Laura A. Katz
Graduate Program in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, United States of America; Department of Zoology, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, USA
All publications →

Download full text

Titles

Morphological Description of Telaepolella tubasferens n. g., n. sp., Isolate ATCC© 50593™, a Filose Amoeba in the Gracilipodida, Amoebozoa

Abstract

We describe the amoeboid isolate ATCC© 50593™ as a new taxon, Telaepolella tubasferens n. gen. n. sp. This multinucleated amoeba has filose pseudopods and is superficially similar to members of the vampyrellids (Rhizaria) such as Arachnula impatiens Cienkowski, 1876, which was the original identification upon deposition. However, previous multigene analyses place this taxon within the Gracilipodida Lahr & Katz 2011 in the Amoebozoa. Here, we document the morphology of this organism at multiple life history stages and describe data underlying the description as a new taxon. We demonstrate that T. tubaspherens is distinct from Arachnula and other rhizarians (Theratromyxa, Leptophrys) in a suite of morphological characters such as general body shape, relative size of pseudopods, distinction of ecto- and endoplasmic regions, and visibility of nuclei in non-stained cells (an important diagnostic character). Although Amoebozoa taxa generally have lobose pseudopods, genera in Gracilipodida such as Flamella and Filamoeba as well as several organisms previously classified as protosteloid amoebae (e.g. schizoplasmodiis, cavosteliids and Stemonitales) present filose pseudopodia. Thus, classification of amoeboid organisms merely by filose-lobose distinction must be reconsidered.

Information

Information: Acta Protozoologica, 2012, Volume 51, Issue 4, pp. 305-318

Article type: Original article

Authors

Department of Zoology, Institute of Biosciences (IB), University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo (SP), Brazil

Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, USA

Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, USA

Biology, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, New York, U.S.A.

Graduate Program in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, United States of America; Department of Zoology, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, USA

Published at: 14.01.2013

Article status: Open

Licence: None

Percentage share of authors:

Daniel J. G. Lahr (Author) - 20%
Gabriela M. Kubik (Author) - 20%
Jessica Grant (Author) - 20%
O. Roger Anderson (Author) - 20%
Laura A. Katz (Author) - 20%

Article corrections:

-

Publication languages:

English