Pernina chaumonti, n.g., n.sp., a new marine amoeba (rhizopoda, heterolobosea)

Characterization of Selenaion koniopes n. gen., n. sp., an Amoeba that Represents a New Major Lineage within Heterolobosea, Isolated from the Wieliczka Salt Mine

“…The type species of Pernina , Pernina chaumonti , is a limax marine amoeba that produces cysts with plugged pores (Kadiri et al. ), and to that extent is similar to the new isolate. There is no phylogenetic analysis of P. chaumonti , and the type strain is no longer available, so it cannot be ascertained whether it is related to the new isolate using molecular phylogenies.…”

“…Kadiri et al. () reported that P. chaumonti formed eruptive pseudopodia, and uroid filaments were observed occasionally. Although the size range of P. chaumonti amoebae may fall somewhat within the size range of the new isolate (i.e.…”

“…Pernina chaumonti could not be cultured without salt, but it was not stated whether it can grow under hypersaline conditions (Kadiri et al. ). More recently, Rogerson and Hauer () reported that a Pernina ‐like organism, their “isolate 5”, had been commonly observed in hypersaline sites around the Salton Sea, California.…”

“…The fact that the cyst pores seem to penetrate only through the endocyst is a significant difference from operculate taxa that have been studied by electron microscopy, such as Naegleria , Willaertia , Pernina , Tulamoeba , and Monopylocystis (Kadiri et al. ; Michel et al. ; O'Kelly et al.…”

“…There is no phylogenetic analysis of P. chaumonti, and the type strain is no longer available, so it cannot be ascertained whether it is related to the new isolate using molecular phylogenies. Kadiri et al (1992) reported that P. chaumonti formed eruptive pseudopodia, and uroid filaments were observed occasionally. Although the size range of P. chaumonti amoebae may fall somewhat within the size range of the new isolate (i.e.…”