First Record of Testate Amoebae on Glaciers and Description of a New Species Puytoracia jenswendti nov. sp. (Rhizaria, Euglyphida)

• Main Authors: Santibáñez, Pamela A., Kohshima, Shiro, Scheihing, Rodrigo A., Silva, Ricardo, Jaramillo M, Jorge I., Labarca P, Pedro J., Casassa R., Gino
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Polish
• Published: Acta Protozoologica 2015
• Subjects: Glacier; Firn core; Testate amoebae; Trinematidae; Trinema; Puytoracia; Osorno; ice core
• Online Access: http://www.ejournals.eu/sj/index.php/AProto/article/view/3886

This study documents for the first time the presence of testate amoebae on glaciers. Three shallow firn cores of 10 m depth were obtained from the Mocho-Choshuenco and Osorno volcanoes, Southern Andes, Chile, in October and November, 2005. Euglyphid testate amoebae were detected in 28 samples that c...