Subspecies Phyrganella acropodia acropodia (Hertwig & Lesser, 1874)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Difflugia acropodia Hertwig, R. & Lesser, E. 1874. Über Rhizopoden und denselben nahestehende Organismen. Archiv für Mikroskopische Anatomie 10(Suppl.): 35-243.

Generic Combinations

• Phyrganella acropodia acropodia (Hertwig & Lesser, 1874). —
  Cash, J. & Hopkinson, J. 1909. British Freshwater Rhizopods and Heliozoa. Vol. 2. Rhizopoda. part ii. London : Ray Society xviii 166 pp.

Introduction

Size: 38-54 x 21-30 µm

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

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.

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

Playfair, G.I. 1918. Rhizopods of Sydney and Lismore. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 42: 633-675 + 8 pls

Robinson, B.S., Bamforth, S.S. & Dobson, P.J. 2002. Density and diversity of protozoa in some arid Australian soils. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 49: 449-453

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

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