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Issue: Vol. 4550 No. 2: 24 Jan. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-01-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4550.2.9
Page range: 289–294
Abstract views: 88
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A new testate amoebae species Planhoogenraadia wuchanica sp. nov. from subtropical forest soils in Wuhan, central China

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gori, Moscow, 119991, Russia
Department of geography, School of Earth Science, State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
Penza State University, Krasnaya str., 40, 440026 Penza, Russia. Environment and Geography, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom.
Protist testate amoebae new species Planhoogenraadia wuchanica taxonomy China

Abstract

Here we describe a new testate amoeba species Planhoogenraadia wuchanica sp. nov. identified in subtropical forest soils in Wuhan, central China. The smaller shell length, narrower aperture and distinctive ‘cap’ structure make P. wuchanica morphologically distinct from similar taxa in the genus. While this new species is morphologically distinctive, phylogenetic analyses would be beneficial to clarify taxonomic relationships within the genus Planhoogenraadia.

 

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