Testate amoebae (formerly thecamoebians, Testacea or Thecamoeba) are a polyphyletic group of unicellular amoeboid protists, which differ from naked amoebae...

Arcellinid testate amoebae or Arcellinida, Arcellacean or lobose testate amoebae are single-celled protists partially enclosed in a simple test (shell)...

referred to as "testate amoebae", grow a shell around the cell made from organic or inorganic material. Slime molds, which are amoebae capable of producing...

foraminiferans, including xenophyophoreans and komokiaceans, Gromia, and testate amoebae. The pellets are ovoid (egg-shaped), brownish in color, and on average...

such as Jahn, who grouped all amoebae with granular pseudopodia together, but most split the lobose amoebae into testate Testacealobosia and naked Gymnamoebia...

g. diatom frustules) and are thus commonly referred to as testate amoebae or shelled amoebae. Difflugia are particularly common in marshes and other freshwater...

notably sea urchins and microorganisms such as testate foraminiferans, radiolarians, and testate amoebae. The term is also applied to the covering of scale...

Free-living amoebae may be "testate" (enclosed within a hard shell), or "naked" (also known as gymnamoebae, lacking any hard covering). The shells of testate amoebae...

Centropyxis is a genus of lobose testate amoebae (Amoebozoa), including the species Centropyxis aculeata. WoRMS (2010). "Centropyxis Stein, 1857". World...

arcellinid testate amoebae and the sole family of the infraorder Hyalospheniformes. Commonly referred to as "hyalospheniids", these lobose amoebae are characterized...

Arcella is a genus of testate amoebae in the order Arcellinida, usually found in freshwaters and mosses, and rarely in soils. A key characteristic of...

are still not entirely clear. Foraminifera are closely related to testate amoebae. The most striking aspect of most foraminifera are their hard shells...

Greek αλάβαστρος (alábastros) 'alabaster') is a genus of arcellinid testate amoebae belonging to the family Hyalospheniidae. It contains species with an...

Certesella is a genus of testate amoebae belonging to the family Hyalospheniidae. It is characterized by a test that presents two symmetrical holes near...

include: Tests or frustules (i.e. shells) of diatoms, Radiolaria, and testate amoebae. Silica phytoliths in the cells of many plants, including Equisetaceae...

(from Latin planus 'flat', and carina 'keel') is a genus of arcellinid testate amoebae belonging to the family Hyalospheniidae. It was created in 2016 to...

Cyanobacteria Symbioses One Alga to Rule them All: Unrelated Mixotrophic Testate Amoebae (Amoebozoa, Rhizaria and Stramenopiles) Share the Same Symbiont (Trebouxiophyceae)...

Pseudocucurbitella is a genus of freshwater testate amoebae of the order Arcellinida. Its shell is agglutinated, ovoid, with a round crossection and a...

It contains all amoebae of the families Microcoryciidae, which was previously regarded as Arcellinida (an order of testate amoebae), and Trichosphaeriidae...

Cryptodifflugia leachi is an aquatic species of testate amoebae discovered in 2006 in Canada, living in bottom sediment from wetlands at the base of the...

Meisterfeldia is a genus of arcellinid testate amoebae erected in 2016 that unites several new species as well as old species previously found in the...

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Erugomicula is a genus of testate lobose amoebae found in the order Arcellinida. It was described in 2021 and tentatively placed in the family Hyalospheniidae...

Cryptodifflugiidae is a family of arcellinid testate amoebae. Members of this family are conopodous (with conical pseudopods) amoebae with the body in a clear, usually...

registered in soil horizons like in sediment layers. Sampling pollen, testate amoebae and plant remains in soil horizons may help to reveal environmental...

taxis – taxon – taxonomy – telomere – telophase – tertiary structure – testate amoebae – testes – Theodor Bilharz – Theodor Boveri – thermocline – thermoregulation...

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Nebela is a diverse genus of testate amoebae of cosmopolitan distribution, belonging to the family Hyalospheniidae. They are "prey agglutinated" or "kleptosquamic"...

Protist shell coccosphere coccolith diatom frustule foraminifera test testate amoebae Seashell echinoderm stereom mollusc shell nacre chiton shell gastropod...

Protist shell coccosphere coccolith diatom frustule foraminifera test testate amoebae Seashell echinoderm stereom mollusc shell nacre chiton shell gastropod...