Erugomicula

Erugomicula
	First drawing of Erugomicula bidens as Difflugia bidens, by Eugène Penard in 1902.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Phylum:	Amoebozoa
Class:	Tubulinea
Order:	Arcellinida
Family:	Incertae sedis
Genus:	Erugomicula; Nasser, Singer, Patterson & Roe 2021
Type species
	Difflugia bidens; Penard, 1902

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, but it is also attributable to the family Difflugiidae, based solely on morphological characteristics.^[1] At present it is placed as incertae sedis within the larger Arcellinida group.^[3]

Species

The type species is Erugomicula bidens, previously known as Difflugia bidens. Additionally, based on the similar compressed test shape, the authors that described this genus tentatively place two other taxa of Difflugia inside Erugomicula: the species D. biconcava and the possible junior synonym of that species, D. balcanica. Further molecular studies are required to investigate the composition of the genus.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Nasser NA, Gregory BRB, Singer D, Patterson RT, Roe HM (2021). "Erugomicula, a new genus of Arcellinida (testate lobose amoebae)". Palaeontologia Electronica. 24 (1): a16. doi:10.26879/807.
^ Penard, Eugène (1902). Faune rhizopodique du bassin du Léman. H. Kündig, Genève. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.1711.
^ González-Miguéns, Rubén; Todorov, Milcho; Blandenier, Quentin; Duckert, Clément; Porfirio-Sousa, Alfredo L.; Ribeiro, Giulia M.; Ramos, Diana; Lahr, Daniel J.G.; Buckley, David; Lara, Enrique (2022). "Deconstructing Difflugia: The tangled evolution of lobose testate amoebae shells (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida) illustrates the importance of convergent evolution in protist phylogeny". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 175: 107557. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107557. hdl:10261/281619. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 35777650.

[Erugomicula-1] Nasser NA, Gregory BRB, Singer D, Patterson RT, Roe HM (2021). "Erugomicula, a new genus of Arcellinida (testate lobose amoebae)". Palaeontologia Electronica. 24 (1): a16. doi:10.26879/807.

[Penard_1902-2] Penard, Eugène (1902). Faune rhizopodique du bassin du Léman. H. Kündig, Genève. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.1711.

[Arcellinida2022-3] González-Miguéns, Rubén; Todorov, Milcho; Blandenier, Quentin; Duckert, Clément; Porfirio-Sousa, Alfredo L.; Ribeiro, Giulia M.; Ramos, Diana; Lahr, Daniel J.G.; Buckley, David; Lara, Enrique (2022). "Deconstructing Difflugia: The tangled evolution of lobose testate amoebae shells (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida) illustrates the importance of convergent evolution in protist phylogeny". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 175: 107557. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107557. hdl:10261/281619. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 35777650.

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