Protists, the micro-eukaryotes that are neither plants, animals nor fungi build up the greatest
part of eukaryotic diversity on Earth. Yet, their evolutionary histories and patterns are still …

The systematics of lobose testate amoebae (Arcellinida), a diverse group of shelled free-
living unicellular eukaryotes, is still mostly based on morphological criteria such as shell …

Testate lobose amoebae (order Arcellinida Kent, 1880) are common in all aquatic and
terrestrial habitats, yet they are one of the last higher taxa of unicellular eukaryotes that has …

Monophyly of protozoan phylum Amoebozoa, and subdivision into subphyla Conosa and
Lobosa each with different cytoskeletons, are well established. However early diversification …

Protists are probably the most species-rich eukaryotes, yet their systematics are inaccurate,
leading to an underestimation of their actual diversity. Arcellinida (= lobose testate …

Life was microbial for the majority of Earth's history, but as very few microbial lineages leave
a fossil record, the Precambrian evolution of life remains shrouded in mystery. Shelled …

Amoebozoa is the eukaryotic supergroup sister to Obazoa, the lineage that contains the
animals and Fungi, as well as their protistan relatives, and the breviate and apusomonad …

Arcellinid testate amoebae include a wide variety of amoeboid organisms whose test (shell)
varies in shape, composition and size. A decade ago, we initiated molecular phylogenetic …

Planktonic arcellinid testate amoebae exhibit a broad-range of morphological variability but
it is currently unclear to what extent this variability represents phenotypic plasticity or if it is …

Amoebozoa is a key phylum for eukaryote phylogeny and evolutionary history, but its
phylogenetic validity has been questioned since included species are very diverse: amoebo …