Heleopera

Heleopera
	Heleopera petricola
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Phylum:	Amoebozoa
Class:	Tubulinea
Order:	Arcellinida
Family:	Heleoperidae; Jung 1942
Genus:	Heleopera; Leidy 1879
Type species
	Heleopera sphagni; Leidy 1879

Heleopera (from Ancient Greek helos 'a bog' and pera 'a bag')^[1]^: 162 is a genus of testate amoebae belonging to the order Arcellinida.^[2]

Species

The genus includes 11 accepted species:

Heleopera baetica Soler-Zamora, González-Miguéns & Lara 2021^[3]^: 7–8
Heleopera lata Cash & Hopkinson 1909^[4]^{: 142–143}
Heleopera lucida (Penard 1890) Porfirio-Sousa et al. 2024^[5]

=Difflugia lucida Penard 1890^[6]^: 145

Heleopera nodosa Wailes 1912^[7]^: 142
Heleopera penardi Bonnet & Thomas 1955^[8]
Heleopera petricola Leidy 1879^[1]^: 165
Heleopera rosea Penard 1890^[6]^: 166
Heleopera sordida Penard 1910^[9]^: 931
Heleopera sphagni (Leidy 1879) Cash 1909^[4]^: 143

= Difflugia (Nebela) sphagni Leidy 1874^[10]^: 157

= Nebela sphagni Leidy 1876^[11]^: 119

= Heleopera picta Leidy 1879^[1]^: 162

Heleopera steppica Useros & Lara 2023^[12]
Heleopera sylvatica Penard 1890^[6]^: 168

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Leidy, Joseph (1879). Fresh-water rhizopods of North America. Department of the Interior. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories. Vol. XII. Washington: Government Printing Office. pp. 1–324, plates I–XLVIII. LCCN 08006737.
^ Lara, Enrique; Heger, Thierry J.; Ekelund, Flemming; Lamentowicz, Mariusz; Mitchell, Edward A.D. (2008). "Ribosomal RNA genes challenge the monophyly of the Hyalospheniidae (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida)". Protist. 159 (2): 165–176. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2007.09.003. PMID 18023614.
^ Soler-Zamora, Carmen; González-Miguéns, Rubén; Guillén-Oterino, Antonio; Lara, Enrique (2021). "Arcellinida testate amoebae as climate miner's canaries in Southern Spain". European Journal of Protistology. 81: 125828. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2021.125828.
^ ^a ^b Cash, James; Hopkinson, John (1909). Rhizopoda, part II. The British freshwater Rhizopoda and Heliozoa. Vol. II. London: Printed for the Ray Society. pp. i–xviii, 1–166, pls. XVII–XXXII. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.927. LCCN 06007330. OCLC 6063003. BHL page 869209.
^ Porfirio-Sousa, Alfredo L.; Tice, Alexander K.; Morais, Luana; Ribeiro, Giulia M.; Blandenier, Quentin; Dumack, Kenneth; et al. (2024). "Amoebozoan testate amoebae illuminate the diversity of heterotrophs and the complexity of ecosystems throughout geological time". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121 (30): e2319628121. bioRxiv 10.1101/2023.11.08.566222v2. doi:10.1073/pnas.2319628121.
^ ^a ^b ^c Penard, Eugène (1890). Ètudes sur les rhizopodes d’eau douce [Studies on the freshwater rhizopods]. Mémoires de la Societé de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève (in French). Vol. XXXI(2). Genève [Geneva]: Imprimerie Aubert-Schuchardt. pp. 1–230, plates I–XI.
^ Wailes, G. H. (1912). "Freshwater Rhizopoda and Heliozoa from the States of New York, New Jersey, and Georgia, U.S.A.; with Supplemental Note on Seychelles Species". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 32 (214): 121–161. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1912.tb01773.x.
^ Bonnet, L.; Thomas, R. (1955). "Étude sur les thécamoebiens du sol (I)" [Study of the soil thecamoebae (I)]. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire naturelle de Toulouse (in French). 90: 411–428.
^ Penard, Eugène (1910). "Rhizopodes nouveaux" [New rhizopods] (PDF). Revue Suisse De Zoologie (in French). doi:10.5962/bhl.part.16676. BHL page 10712423.
^ Leidy, Joseph (1874). "Notice of some Rhizopods". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 26: 154–157. BHL page 1687078.
^ Leidy, Joseph (1876). "Remarks on the Rhizopod Genus Nebela". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 28: 115–119. BHL page 26298840.
^ Ribeiro, Giulia M.; Useros, Fernando; Dumack, Kenneth; Porfírio-Sousa, Alfredo L.; Soler-Zamora, Carmen; Alcino, João Pedro Barbosa; et al. (2023). "Expansion of the cytochrome C oxidase subunit I database and description of four new lobose testate amoebae species (Amoebozoa; Arcellinida)". European Journal of Protistology. 91: 126013. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2023.126013.

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[Leidy-1879-1] Leidy, Joseph (1879). Fresh-water rhizopods of North America. Department of the Interior. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories. Vol. XII. Washington: Government Printing Office. pp. 1–324, plates I–XLVIII. LCCN 08006737.

[Lara-2008-2] Lara, Enrique; Heger, Thierry J.; Ekelund, Flemming; Lamentowicz, Mariusz; Mitchell, Edward A.D. (2008). "Ribosomal RNA genes challenge the monophyly of the Hyalospheniidae (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida)". Protist. 159 (2): 165–176. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2007.09.003. PMID 18023614.

[Soler-Zamora-2021-3] Soler-Zamora, Carmen; González-Miguéns, Rubén; Guillén-Oterino, Antonio; Lara, Enrique (2021). "Arcellinida testate amoebae as climate miner's canaries in Southern Spain". European Journal of Protistology. 81: 125828. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2021.125828.

[Cash-1909-4] Cash, James; Hopkinson, John (1909). Rhizopoda, part II. The British freshwater Rhizopoda and Heliozoa. Vol. II. London: Printed for the Ray Society. pp. i–xviii, 1–166, pls. XVII–XXXII. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.927. LCCN 06007330. OCLC 6063003. BHL page 869209.

[Porfirio-Sousa-2024-5] Porfirio-Sousa, Alfredo L.; Tice, Alexander K.; Morais, Luana; Ribeiro, Giulia M.; Blandenier, Quentin; Dumack, Kenneth; et al. (2024). "Amoebozoan testate amoebae illuminate the diversity of heterotrophs and the complexity of ecosystems throughout geological time". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121 (30): e2319628121. bioRxiv 10.1101/2023.11.08.566222v2. doi:10.1073/pnas.2319628121.

[Penard-1890-6] Penard, Eugène (1890). Ètudes sur les rhizopodes d’eau douce [Studies on the freshwater rhizopods]. Mémoires de la Societé de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève (in French). Vol. XXXI(2). Genève [Geneva]: Imprimerie Aubert-Schuchardt. pp. 1–230, plates I–XI.

[Wailes-1912-7] Wailes, G. H. (1912). "Freshwater Rhizopoda and Heliozoa from the States of New York, New Jersey, and Georgia, U.S.A.; with Supplemental Note on Seychelles Species". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 32 (214): 121–161. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1912.tb01773.x.

[Bonnet-1955-8] Bonnet, L.; Thomas, R. (1955). "Étude sur les thécamoebiens du sol (I)" [Study of the soil thecamoebae (I)]. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire naturelle de Toulouse (in French). 90: 411–428.

[Penard-1910-9] Penard, Eugène (1910). "Rhizopodes nouveaux" [New rhizopods] (PDF). Revue Suisse De Zoologie (in French). doi:10.5962/bhl.part.16676. BHL page 10712423.

[Leidy-1874-10] Leidy, Joseph (1874). "Notice of some Rhizopods". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 26: 154–157. BHL page 1687078.

[Leidy-1876-11] Leidy, Joseph (1876). "Remarks on the Rhizopod Genus Nebela". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 28: 115–119. BHL page 26298840.

[Ribeiro-2023-12] Ribeiro, Giulia M.; Useros, Fernando; Dumack, Kenneth; Porfírio-Sousa, Alfredo L.; Soler-Zamora, Carmen; Alcino, João Pedro Barbosa; et al. (2023). "Expansion of the cytochrome C oxidase subunit I database and description of four new lobose testate amoebae species (Amoebozoa; Arcellinida)". European Journal of Protistology. 91: 126013. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2023.126013.

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