Description of Cochliopodium spiniferum sp. n., with Notes on the Species Identification within the Genus Cochliopodium

• Main Author: Alexander Kudryavtsev
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Key words; Cochliopodium spiniferum sp. n; scales; species identification; systematics; ultrastructure; White Sea; North-Western Russia
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.135.2069; http://www.nencki.gov.pl/pdf/ap/ap757.pdf

Summary. The new species named Cochliopodium spiniferum was isolated from a low-saline habitat at the White Sea (north-western Russia). It is identical in the light-microscopical features to Cochliopodium sp. 3 described by Bark in 1973. In contrast, the scales comprising the tectum of these amoebae are different. This is the first evident case when two cochliopodiums are identical in LM, but differ in the scale structure, emphasizing the necessity of both LM and EM study for precise species identification within the genus Cochliopodium.