''Amphitrema'' is a genus of
testate amoeba in the family
Amphitremidae. The genus is commonly found in ''
Sphagnum
''Sphagnum'' is a genus of approximately 380 accepted species of mosses, commonly known as sphagnum moss, also bog moss and quacker moss (although that term is also sometimes used for peat). Accumulations of ''Sphagnum'' can store water, since ...
''-dominated peatlands. All species of this genus are
mixotrophic
A mixotroph is an organism that uses a mix of different sources of energy and carbon, instead of having a single trophic mode, on the continuum from complete autotrophy to complete heterotrophy. It is estimated that mixotrophs comprise more than ...
and harbor unicellular algae belonging to genus ''
Chlorella
''Chlorella'' is a genus of about thirteen species of single- celled or colonial green algae of the division Chlorophyta. The cells are spherical in shape, about 2 to 10 μm in diameter, and are without flagella. Their chloroplasts contain t ...
''.
Species
* ?''
Amphitrema congolense''
van Oye 1957
* ?''
Amphitrema jollyi''
Van Oye 1956
* ?''
Amphitrema paparoensis
''Amphitrema'' is a genus of Testate amoebae, testate amoeba in the family Amphitremidae. The genus is commonly found in ''Sphagnum''-dominated peatlands. All species of this genus are mixotrophic and harbor unicellular algae belonging to genus ' ...
''
Van Oye 1956
* ''
Amphitrema stenostoma
''Amphitrema'' is a genus of Testate amoebae, testate amoeba in the family Amphitremidae. The genus is commonly found in ''Sphagnum''-dominated peatlands. All species of this genus are mixotrophic and harbor unicellular algae belonging to genus ' ...
''
Nusslin 1884
* ''
Amphitrema wrightianum''
Archer 1869
References
* Gomaa F, Mitchell EAD, Lara E. 2013 Amphitremida (Poche, 1913) is a new major, ubiquitous labyrinthulomycete clade. PLoS ONE 8(1): e53046. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0053046
* Gomaa F, Kosakyan A, Heger TJ, Corsaro D, Mitchell EAD, Lara E. 2014. One Alga to Rule them All: Unrelated Mixotrophic Testate Amoebae (Amoebozoa, Rhizaria and Stramenopiles) Share the Same Symbiont (Trebouxiophyceae). Protist 165(2): 161-176. doi: /10.1016/j.protis.2014.01.002
External links
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Foraminifera genera