TESTACEA
(Testate amoebae)

TESTACEA (Testate amoebae) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
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Family 2 subtaxa 3 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
OrderTESTACEA (Testate amoebae)
ClassSARCODINA (amoebae, rhizopods)
SubkingdomSARCOMASTIGOPHORA (rhizopods and flagellates)
KingdomPROTOZOA (protists, single-celled organisms)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
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() Leidy, J. 1879 *** Fresh-water rhizopods of North America ***(Superseded) 324+48 platespp, United States Geological Survey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:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Tsyganov, A.N. et al 2012 Sphagnum-dwelling testate amoebae in subarctic bogs are more sensitive to soil warming in the growing season than in winter: the results of eight-year field climate manipulations. Protist Vol 163: 400-414.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to TESTACEA (Testate amoebae):

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