Nebela is a diverse genus of testate amoebae of cosmopolitan distribution, belonging to the family Hyalospheniidae.[1] They are "prey agglutinated" or "kleptosquamic" organisms, meaning they take the inorganic plates from their prey to construct their test.[2]
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Nebela is a diverse genus of testate amoebae of cosmopolitan distribution, belonging to the family Hyalospheniidae. They are "prey agglutinated" or "kleptosquamic"...
previously belonged to the genus Nebela, but were later found to be a distinct monophyletic group different from Nebela. It is the sister group to Planocarina...
Kosakyan A, Mitchell EAD, Lara E, et al. (2018). "En garde! Redefinition of Nebela militaris (Arcellinida, Hyalospheniidae) and erection of Alabasta gen. nov"...
similar material such as diatom frustules (e.g. Apodera, Padaungiella, Nebela). The trait of recycling shell plates from euglyphids is known as "kleptosquamy"...
teeth within the test. It contains four species previously assigned to Nebela, as well as one species discovered in 2021. Certesella species are predominantly...
clade of species that were previously assigned to the paraphyletic genus Nebela. All species of Planocarina have a compressed keel surrounding the posterior...
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