%0 Journal Article
%T On a New Species of Euglyphid Testate Amoeba, Scutiglypha cabrolae, from the Licancabur Caldera Lake, Central Andes
%A De Smet, Willem H.
%J Acta Protozoologica
%V 2009
%N Volume 48, Issue 2
%P 119-126
%K Testate amoebae, Euglyphida, Scutiglypha sp. n., Licancabur, Andes
%@ 0065-1583
%D 2009
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/acta-protozoologica/article/on-a-new-species-of-euglyphid-testate-amoeba-scutiglypha-cabrolae-from-the-licancabur-caldera-lake-central-andes
%X A new testate amoeba Scutiglypha cabrolae sp. n. is described from a small lake located in the caldera of Licancabur volcano, central Andes, at 5916 m above sea level. Its morphology was investigated using light and scanning electron microscopy. The main characteristics of the new species are: thick-set ovate test, length/width ratio 1.4; relatively small size, mean length × width: 69 × 48 μm; 3–4 rows of apertural plates, apertural plates of first row lozenge-shaped, oral margin with median tooth and (5)–6 lateral toothlets; body-plates scutiform, broad, with weakly crenulated oral and aboral margin.