Nebela spumosa Awerintzew, 1906

Bindu, L., 2023, Diversity of testate amoebae (Amoebozoa and Cercozoa) in Western Ghats of Kerala with 8 new records to India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 123 (2), pp. 117-134 : 124

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https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v123/i2/2023/172617

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scientific name

Nebela spumosa Awerintzew, 1906
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42. Nebela spumosa Awerintzew, 1906 [Plate-1(C)]

1906. Nebela spumosa Awerintzew, Archiv fur Protistenkunde, 8: 85-111.

Material examined: Mi-575, 3exs., Wall moss, 8.xi.2017, Pampadum Shola.

Distribution: The shell is very large and broadly pear-shaped. The fundus is surrounded by a flat ridge extending to the anterior third of the height. The crosssection and mouth are elliptical. The shell is covered with large idiosomes surrounded and cross-sectioned by smaller plates. Shell length is 265-275 µm and width is 135-142µm.

Distribution: India: Present record. Elsewhere: Cosmopolitan.

Remarks: New record from India.

Kingdom

Protozoa

Phylum

Amoebozoa

Class

Lobosa

Order

Arcellinida

Family

Nebelidae

Genus

Nebela

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