TESTACEA
(Testate amoebae)

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Family 1 subtaxa 3 images
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Family 5 subtaxa 33 images 2 ident. refs
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Unidentified 15 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
OrderTESTACEA (Testate amoebae)
PhylumSARCODINA (amoebae, rhizopods)
SubkingdomSARCOMASTIGOPHORA (rhizopods and flagellates)
KingdomPROTOZOA (protists, single-celled organisms)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Booth, R.K., Lamentowicz, M. & Charman, D.J. 2011 Preparation and analysis of testate amoebae in peatland palaeoenvironmental studies Mires and Peat Vol 7: 1-7.
Clarke, K.J. 2003 Guide to identification of soil protozoa - testate amoebae Special Publications, No 12, 40pp, Freshwater Biological Association
Corbet, S.A. 1973 An Illustrated Introduction to the Testate Rhizopods in Sphagnum, with special reference to the area around Malham, Yorkshire Field Studies, Vol 3, No 5, 801-838pp, Field Studies Council
() Hingley, M. 1993 Microscopic Life in Sphagnum Naturalists’ Handbooks, No 20, 64pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
() Leidy, J. 1879 *** Fresh-water rhizopods of North America ***(Superseded) 324+48 platespp, United States Geological Survey
Ogden, C.G. & Hedley, R.H. 1980 An Atlas of Freshwater Testate Amoebae 222pp, British Museum (Natural History)
Payne, R.J. et al 2012 Testate amoebae in pollen slides Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology Vol 173: 68-79.

TESTACEA (Testate amoebae) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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