Two New Species of Testate Amoebae from Mountain Forest Soils of Japan and Redescription of the Genus Deharvengia Bonnet, 1979

Bobrov A.A., Shimano S.D., Mazei Y.A.

2012 · Acta Protozoologica · 51(1): 55-63

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Abstract

Two new species of Deharvengia and Assulina are described from samples in the mountain forests of Honshu Is. (Japan). Morphometric analysis showed low variability of their morphological characteristics with coefficients of variation ranging between 1.4 and 9.1% for the two new species. An amended description of the genus Deharvengia is provided.

Keywords: Testate amoebae; Deharvengia japonica; Assulina discoides; Taxonomy; Mountain soils; Honshu; Japan