Shell Colour in Cercozoa; a Simple Trait to Distinguish Thecofilosea from Imbricatea?
Testate amoebae
morphological identification
morphological traits.
organic cement
shell evolution
thecate amoebae
Journal
Protist
ISSN: 1618-0941
Titre abrégé: Protist
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 9806488
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
04 2020
04 2020
Historique:
received:
21
06
2019
revised:
29
01
2020
accepted:
10
02
2020
pubmed:
3
3
2020
medline:
12
6
2020
entrez:
2
3
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Rigid and persistent shells of microeukaryotes are widely used as bioindicators in ecological and paleontological studies. Drawing conclusions on ecological or evolutionary patterns depends strongly on the right taxonomic assignment of the observed species, however confusion is common. Especially in filose shelled amoebae it is often unclear whether species belong to the Imbricatea or Thecofilosea when only morphological data are collected. Molecular surveys shed light on their evolutionary relationship; based on these we propose a hypothesis how to differentiate doubtful species even light microscopically.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32114354
pii: S1434-4610(19)30054-9
doi: 10.1016/j.protis.2020.125718
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
125718Informations de copyright
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