Arcellinid testate amoebae or Arcellinida,[1] Arcellacean[2] or lobose testate amoebae[3] are single-celled protists partially enclosed in a simple test (shell).

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Arcellinida
Temporal range: Tonian–Present
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Arcella sp. test
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Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Class: Tubulinea
Superorder: Eulobosia
Order: Arcellinida
Kent 1880
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Arcellinid testate amoebae are commonly found in soils, leaf litter, peat bogs and near/in fresh water.[1] They use their pseudopodia, a temporary cell extension, for moving and taking in food. Like most amoebae, they are generally believed to reproduce asexually via binary fission. However a recent review suggests that sexual recombination may be the rule rather than the exception in amoeboid protists in general, including the Arcellinid testate amoebae.[4]

Morphology

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Representation of an arcellinid
  1. Test, cemented sand, diatom frustules
  2. Contractile vacuole, regulates the quantity of water inside a cell
  3. Mitochondrion; creates ATP (energy) for the cell (flat cristae)
  4. Nucleolus
  5. Golgi apparatus, packages proteins
  6. Endoplasmic reticulum, the transport network for molecules going to specific parts of the cell
  7. Digestive Vacuole
  8. Lysosome, holds enzymes
  9. Phagosome, vesicle formed around a particle (prey not to scale)
  10. Xenosome, bacterium living inside cytoplasm
  11. Vesicles
  12. Lobopodia, a pseudopod or arm-like projection made of cytoplasm
  13. Prey (not to scale)]]

Arcellinida always have a shell or testa. The tests lie outside the cell membrane and consist of organic or mineral materials that are either secreted or incorporate external particles. The testa has a single main opening.[5]

Simple tests are made by secretion (autogenous tests), agglutination of foreign material (xenogenous tests), or sometimes a combination of both. Past environmental changes can be determined by analysing the composition of fossil tests, including the reconstruction of past climate change.[1] Testate amoebae species have been used to reconstruct hydrological changes over the late Holocene, as a result of individual species possessing a narrow tolerance for ecohydrological conditions such as water-table depth or pH.[6]

Evolutionary history

Fossils of arcellinid testate amoebae date back to the Tonian stage of the Proterozoic, around 789-759 million years ago. The fossils indicate that by 730 million years ago, arcellinids had already diversified into major lineages.[7]

Testate amoebae are theorized to be mostly polyphyletic (coming from more than one ancestral type), but testaceafilosea, one group of testate amoebae, are theorized to be monophyletic. Ancient tests of terrestrial fauna are commonly found in fossilized amber,[8] although mid-Cretaceous testate amoeba (i.e., Diffligia, Cucurbitella) have been found in ancient lake sediments.[9] It is likely that the group has evolved minimally over the course of the Phanerozoic.

Classification

Phylogeny of Arcellinida in 2019[10]
Arcellinida

Phryganellina

Organoconcha

Glutinoconcha

Volnustoma

Hyalospheniformes

Excentrostoma

Sphaerothecina

Longithecina

Phylogeny of Arcellinida in 2022[11]
Arcellinida

Phryganellina

Organoconcha

Glutinoconcha

Volnustoma

Hyalospheniformes

Excentrosoma

Cylindrothecina

Longithecina

Sphaerothecina

The classification of Arcellinida, as of 2019:[12][5][10]

Arcellinida incertae sedis:

  • Argynnia Vucetich, 1974
  • Awerintzewia Schouteden, 1906
  • Geamphorella Bonnet, 1959
  • Jungia Loeblich & Tappan 1961
  • Lagenodifflugia Medioli & Scott, 1983
  • Lamtoquadrula Bonnet 1975
  • Leptochlamys West 1901
  • Maghrebia Gauthier-Lievre & Thomas, 1960
  • Ochros Medioli et al. 1990
  • Palaeoleptochlamys Strullu-Derrien et al. 2019
  • Physochila Jung 1942
  • Pseudawerintzewia Bonnet 1959
  • Sacculus Medioli et al. 1990 non Gosse 1851 non Hirase 1927 non Neviani 1930
  • Schoenbornia Decloitre 1964
  • Swabia
  • Family Bipseudostomatidae Snegovaya & Alekperov 2005
    • Bipseudostomatella Snegovaya & Alekperov 2005
    • Gomocollariella Snegovaya & Alekperov 2005
  • Family Mississippiellidae Huddleston & Haman 1985
    • Mississippiella Haman 1982
  • Family Shamkiriidae Snegovaya & Alekperov 2005
    • Shamkiriella Snegovaya & Alekperov 2005

References

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