Apothéloz-Perret-Gentil, L.; Holzmann, M.; Pawlowski, J. (2013). Arnoldiellina fluorescens gen. et sp. nov. – A new green autofluorescent foraminifer from the Gulf of Eilat (Israel). European Journal of Protistology. 49(2): 210-216.

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10.1016/j.ejop.2012.08.005 [view]

Apothéloz-Perret-Gentil, L.; Holzmann, M.; Pawlowski, J.

2013

49(2): 210-216

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A new monothalamous (single-chambered) soft-walled foraminiferal species, Arnoldiellina fluorescens gen. et sp. nov., was isolated from samples collected in the Gulf of Eilat, Israel. The species is characterized by a small elongate organic theca with a single aperture of allogromiids. It is characterized by the emission of green autofluorescence (GAF) that has so far not been reported from foraminifera. Phylogenetic analysis of a fragment of the 18S rDNA indicates that the species is related to a group of monothalamous foraminiferans classified as clade I. Although the morphology of the new species is very different compared to the other members of this clade, a specific helix in 18S rRNA secondary structure strongly supports this position.

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