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Microcorycia Cockererell 1911

Ralf Meisterfeld and Edward Mitchell
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Containing group: Arcellinida

Introduction

Eleven species, type species: Microcorycia flava (Greeff, 1866, emend Penard, 1902).

Characteristics

Test composed of flexible membrane, aboral part like a dome, sometimes with concentric ridges or small horns at the dorsal side, covered with small debris or mineral particles. Test: bowl-shaped, brown, extends as membranous border at rim, pursed shut around body. Most species smaller than 100 µm. Pseudopods: lobate, through aperture. Ectoplasm: pale, at tips of pseudopods. Endoplasm: granular, yellowish to reddish, some species with Glycogen spheres (2 to 5 µm). One ovular nucleus. Cyst: external (Hallas, 1975). 

Ecology

Habitat: dry mosses. Feeding: herbivore.

References

Badewitz, H.J. 2004.The genus Microcorycia Cockerell, 1911 (Testacealobosia, Rhizopoda, Protozoa). A critical monograph of the genus including a first description of a new species: Microcorycia scutella n. sp.. Lauterbornia, 50: 111-146.

Hallas, T. E. 1975. Notes on the encystation in Microcorycia radiata (Testacealobosa, Protozoa). Pedobiologia, 15: 149-150.

Penard, E. 1902. Faune rhizopodique du Bassin de Léman. Kündig, Genève.

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Scientific Name Microcorycia flava
Location Aachen, Germany
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By Ralf Meisterfeld
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This page is being developed as part of the Tree of Life Web Project Protist Diversity Workshop, co-sponsored by the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) program in Integrated Microbial Biodiversity and the Tula Foundation.


Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Germany

Edward Mitchell
University of Neuchâtel

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