Coronamoeba villafranca gen. nov. sp. nov. (Amoebozoa, Dermamoebida) challenges the correlation of morphology and phylogeny in Amoebozoa.

ABSTRACT: Coronamoeba villafranca gen. nov. sp. nov. is a small amoeba isolated from the surface planktonic biotope in the Bay of Villefranche (Mediterranean Sea). It has a confusing set of morphological and molecular characters. Its locomotive form is subcylindrical and monopodial with monoaxial cytoplasmic flow and occasional hyaline bulging at the anterior edge (a monotactic morphotype). Based on this set of characters, this amoeba is most similar to members of the genus Nolandella (Tubulinea, Euamoebida). However, molecular phylogenetic analysis based on only the small subunit ribosomal RNA (SSU rRNA) gene and on two concatenated markers (SSU rRNA gene and actin) robustly places this species in the Discosea, specifically, in a clade with Dermamoeba and Paradermamoeba (Dermamoebida) as the closes

SUBMITTER: Kudryavtsev A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9307759 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature