Species Nebela vas Certes, 1889

Museums

Regional Maps

• Nebela vas Certes, A. 1889. Protozaires. In: Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn: 1882-1883. Tome VI. Zoologie. Paris : Gauthier-Villars 53 pp.

Generic Combinations

• Apodera vas (Certes, 1889). —
  Jung, W. 1942. Illustrierte Thekamöben-Bestimmungstabellen. I. Die Systematik der Nebelinen. Archiv für Protistenkunde 95: 257–390

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Nebela (Apodera) vas Certes, 1889.

Introduction

Size: 150-170 x 85-103 µm

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater, moss, soil dweller.

General References

Decloitre, L. 1964. Thecamobiens de la XIIe Expedition Antarctique Française. Expeditions, Polaires Françaises (Missions Paul-Emile Victor) Vol. No. 259 47 pp.

Deflandre, G. 1936. Etude monographique sur le genre Nebela Leidy (Rhizopoda – Testacea). Annales de Protistologie 5: 201-321, 27 pls

Foissner, W. 2006. Biogeography and dispersal of micro-organisms: a review emphasizing protists. Acta Protozoologica 45: 111-136

Meisterfield, R. & Tan, L-W. 1998. First records of testate amoebae (Protozoa: Rhizopoda) from Mount Buffalo National Park, Victoria. Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) 115: 231-238

Richters, F. 1908. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Moosfauna Australiens und der Inseln des Pazifischen Ozeans. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik 26: 196-213

Seamer, D. & Croome, R. 2007. Observations of testate amoebae (Rhizopoda, Protozoa) from a Sphagnum bog in Jackeys Marsh, Northern Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 141: 197-201

Smith, H.G., Bobrov, A. & Lara, E. 2007. Diversity and biogeography of testate amoebae. Biodiversity and Conservation 17: 329-343

Smith, H.G. & Wilkinson, D.M. 1986. Biogeography of testate rhizopods in the southern temperate and Antarctic zones. pp. 83-96 in Trehen, P. (ed). Colloque sur les ecosystemes terrestres subantarctiques. Paimpont : C. N. F. R. A. Vol. 58.

Smith, H.G. & Wilkinson, D.M. 2007. Not all free-living microorganisms have cosmopolitan distributions — the case of Nebela (Apodera) vas Certes (Protozoa: Amoebozoa: Arcellinida). Journal of Biogeography 34: 1822-1831

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