In 1961, the testate amoeba Nebela kivuense Gauthier-Lièvre et Thomas, 1961 was
described for the first and only time from an area near Lake Edward in the Democratic …

Arcellinida testate amoebae (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida): model of organisms for assessing
microbial biogeography Page 121 7 Arcellinida testate amoebae (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida) …

Four new species, and one variety are described. Schoenbornia smithi sp. n. from SW-
Spitsbergen is an aquatic taxon living in small pools with an extensive moss vegetation …

Aim To review and critically assess the evidence that the testate amoeba species Nebela
vas does not have a cosmopolitan distribution, in contradiction to the paradigm of microbial …

Aim The question whether free‐living protists are generally cosmopolitan is currently a
matter of debate. In this study we investigate the geographical distribution of a distinctive …

Thecamoeba aesculea n. sp. was isolated and described from the surface of the bark of
Aesculus hippocastanum and from terrestrial mosses growing on it. This amoeba is …

There has only been one study on the ecology of testate amoebae from Amazonian
peatlands, despite Amazonia being a biodiversity hotspot of global importance. During …

The taxonomic identity in microbial eukaryotes remains an impediment to discussing
ecology, biogeography and phylogeny, mainly due to a lack of standards in organism …

A new testate amoebae, Awerintzewia minuta sp. n. and two rare species, Difflugia serbica
Ogden and Živković, 1983, and Difflugia biconvata Ertl, 1965 were found during a faunistic …

Molecular data have considerably contributed to building the taxonomy of protists. Recently,
the systematics of Hyalospheniidae (Amoebozoa; Tubulinea; Arcellinida) has been widely …