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Frenopyxis stierlitzi gen. nov., sp. nov.—new testate amoeba (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida) from the urban parks with notes on the systematics of the family Centropyxidae Jung, 1942

Authors :
Yuri Mazei
Anatoly A Bobrov
Source :
Zootaxa. 4885
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Magnolia Press, 2020.

Abstract

New species, Frenopyxis stierlitzi, is described from tree hollows in the urban parks in Moscow (Russia) and Potsdam (Germany). The species belongs to the new genus of the family Centropyxidae and characterized by unique character, i.e. an internal thick organic lip surrounding an aperture and continuing in a bridle, which connects an aperture with the internal side of a shell wall and broaden in the place of connection of a bridle and a shell wall. The systematics of the family Centropyxidae is discussed and the importance of the structures, which divide inner shell volume into compartments, is underlined.

Details

ISSN :
11755334 and 11755326
Volume :
4885
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Zootaxa
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....86fcf30824c720deddfa4b8bc5af8bd5
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4885.3.4