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Description of Paramoeba atlantica n. sp. (Amoebozoa, Dactylopodida) – a Marine Amoeba from the Eastern Atlantic, with Emendation of the Dactylopodid Families

Publication date: 15.05.2011

Acta Protozoologica, 2011, Volume 50, Issue 3, pp. 239 - 253

https://doi.org/10.4467/16890027AP.11.023.0023

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Alexander Kudryavtsev
Research Group Protozoology, Institute of Biology/Zoology, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Molecular Systematics Group, Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Soil Science, St-Petersburg State University, St-Petersburg, Russia
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Jan Pawlowski
Molecular Systematics Group, Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Klaus Hausmann
Research Group Protozoology, Institute of Biology/Zoology, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Description of Paramoeba atlantica n. sp. (Amoebozoa, Dactylopodida) – a Marine Amoeba from the Eastern Atlantic, with Emendation of the Dactylopodid Families

Abstract

A strain of marine amoeba has been isolated and studied from the bottom sediments of the Great Meteor Seamount (Atlantic Ocean, 29°36.29′N; 28°59.12′W; 267.4 m deep). This amoeba has a typical dactylopodiid morphotype, a coat of delicate, boat-shaped scales, and a Perkinsela-like organism (PLO), an obligatory, deeply-specialized kinetoplastid symbiont near the nucleus. These characters allow us to include this species into the genus Paramoeba. However, it differs from its only described species, P. eilhardi, in the structure of scales. P. atlantica n. sp. is established therefore to accommodate the studied strain. SSU rRNA gene sequence analysis suggests that P. atlantica belongs to the Dactylopodida, and is sister to a monophyletic clade of P. eilhardi and all Neoparamoeba spp., branching separately from P. eilhardi. Therefore, the genera Paramoeba and Neoparamoeba, currently defined based on the cell surface ultrastructure, might be paraphyletic and probably should be synonymized, as further evidence is accumulated. Based on the data available we emend the families Vexilliferidae and Paramoebidae to make them more consistent with the current phylogenetic schemes.

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Information: Acta Protozoologica, 2011, Volume 50, Issue 3, pp. 239 - 253

Article type: Original article

Authors

Research Group Protozoology, Institute of Biology/Zoology, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Molecular Systematics Group, Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Soil Science, St-Petersburg State University, St-Petersburg, Russia

Molecular Systematics Group, Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Research Group Protozoology, Institute of Biology/Zoology, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Published at: 15.05.2011

Article status: Open

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Percentage share of authors:

Alexander Kudryavtsev (Author) - 33%
Jan Pawlowski (Author) - 33%
Klaus Hausmann (Author) - 34%

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