Meisterfeldia chibisovi, Bobrov, 2016

Bobrov, Anatoly, 2016, Description of a New Testate Amoebae Genus Meisterfeldia with Notes on the Systematics of the Suborder Phryganellina (Amebozoa; Tubulinea; Arcellinida), Acta Protozoologica 55 (4), pp. 211-219 : 213

Meisterfeldia chibisovi sp. nov.

Description: Shell small, bilaterally symmetrical, elongated-ovate, almost not compressed, colorless to light-brown. Dorsal part convex, posterior end evenly curved, anterior end with aperture curved towards ventral side. Aperture circular, subterminal, shifted to ventral side. Aperture, unlike that in Wailesella eboracensis , situated at the end of a short neck. Shell surface smooth, without mineral inclusions. Nuclei have been detected in several specimens ( Figs 2 , 3 ).

Figures

Fig. 2. Light microscopical image of Meisterfeldia chibisovi in lateral view. A – typical specimen, B – morphological variability.

Fig. 3. Outline of Meisterfeldia chibisovi: lateral (left) and ventral (right) views. 1–4 – characters of the test measured. Scale bar: 5 µm.