TY - JOUR
TI - Nebela golemanskyi sp. nov., a New Sphagnicolous Testate Amoeba from Bulgaria (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida, Nebelidae)
AU - Todorov, Milcho
TI - Nebela golemanskyi sp. nov., a New Sphagnicolous Testate Amoeba from Bulgaria (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida, Nebelidae)
AB - A new sphagnicolous species of the genus Nebela isolated from wet Sphagnum mosses gathered at Vitosha Mountain (Bulgaria) is described. Shell ultrastructure and morphological variability of Nebela golemanskyi sp. nov. are investigated using scanning electron microscopy. The newly described species is characterized by its almost uncompressed shell and by its large, rounded, voluminous and hollow structural elements (idiosomes). The analysis of the variation coefficients shows that the studied population is too homogeneous and all measured morphological characters are feebly variable (CV range from 3.28% to 5.02%). Size frequency distribution analysis indicates that N. golemanskyi is size-polymorphic species, characterized by not well-expressed main-size class in favour of many subsidiary classes. A biometrical and morphological comparison between N. golemanskyi and N. speciosa is made.
VL - 2010
IS - Volume 49, Issue 1
PY - 2010
SN - 0065-1583
C1 - 1689-0027
SP - 37
EP - 43
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/acta-protozoologica/article/nebela-golemanskyi-sp-nov-a-new-sphagnicolous-testate-amoeba-from-bulgaria-amoebozoa-arcellinida-nebelidae
KW - Testate amoebae
KW - Amoebozoa
KW - Arcellinida
KW - Nebela golemanskyi sp. nov.
KW - morphology
KW - biometry