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Front Earth Sci    2012, Vol. 6 Issue (1) : 1-9    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11707-012-0310-6
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Testate amoebae communities from some freshwater and soil habitats in China (Hubei and Shandong Provinces)
Anatoly BOBROV1(), Yuri MAZEI2, Viktor CHERNYSHOV2, Yingchun GONG3, Weisong FENG3
1. Department of Soil Geography, Moscow State University, Moscow 119899, Russia; 2. Department of Zoology and Ecology, Penza State Pedagogical University, Penza 440026, Russia; 3. Laboratory of Protozoan Taxonomy and Ecology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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Seventy-eight species and forms of testate amoebae were identified from 29 freshwater and soil habitats in three territories of China (Shandong and Hubei Provinces). Most abundant species from the genera Plagiopyxis, Centropyxis and Trinema represent the globally-distributed and eurybiont group of testate amoebae. The species richness was observed to be the lowest (7–12 species per biotope) in sandy sediments of the Yangtze River, but considerably higher (20–30 taxa) in soil environment. In the range of terrestrial habitats, the most remote communities from Laoshan Mountain in Shandong Province, China manifested the highest difference from others. On the other hand, communities originated in the most distant from industrial center places (Guifeng Mountain in Hubei Province, China) possess the most peculiar species composition including specific Gondwanian taxa (e.g. Nebela bigibbosa). In sum, the results obtained provide the evidence that the community complexity and specificity reduce in the places located within areas that are highly populated and intensively visited by humans.

Keywords testate amoebae      soil protists      freshwater protists      China     
Corresponding Author(s): BOBROV Anatoly,Email:anatoly-bobrov@yander.ru; yurimazei@mail.ru   
Issue Date: 05 March 2012
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Anatoly BOBROV,Yuri MAZEI,Yingchun GONG, et al. Testate amoebae communities from some freshwater and soil habitats in China (Hubei and Shandong Provinces)[J]. Front Earth Sci, 2012, 6(1): 1-9.
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TaxonBiotope
h-1h-2h-3h-4f-1f-2a-1a-2
Arcella arenaria compressa Chardez, 19740.80.00.00.20.90.00.00.0
A. discoides Ehrenberg, 18430.00.00.00.00.00.06.80.0
A. rotundata Playfair, 19180.80.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
A. rotundata stenostoma Deflandre, 19280.00.00.00.00.00.02.80.0
Centropyxis aculeata (Ehrenberg, 1838) Stein, 18570.05.00.00.40.00.00.00.0
C. aculeata tropica Deflandre, 19290.01.70.00.00.00.00.00.0
C. aerophila Deflandre, 19294.210.02.05.97.00.02.613.5
C. aerophila minuta Chardez, 19640.83.30.00.00.90.00.00.0
С. aerophila sphagnicola Deflandre, 19290.00.00.03.71.90.011.30.0
C. cassis (Wallich, 1864) Deflandre, 19290.00.00.00.20.00.03.10.0
C. constricta (Ehrenberg, 1841) Deflandre, 19291.83.32.00.08.418.80.00.0
C. elongata (Penard, 1890) Thomas, 19590.00.02.00.70.00.00.00.0
C. elongata f. minor n.f.0.03.30.00.00.00.00.00.0
C. minuta Deflandre, 19290.00.00.00.70.00.00.00.0
C. orbicularis Deflandre, 19290.00.00.00.00.00.00.80.0
C. plagiostoma Bonnet et Thomas, 19550.00.05.90.00.04.20.00.0
C. platystoma (Penard, 1890) Deflandre, 19290.00.00.00.50.00.04.80.0
C. sylvatica (Deflandre, 1929) Bonnet et Thomas, 195511.613.35.90.013.837.50.00.0
C. vandeli Bonnet, 19581.10.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Cyclopyxis eurystoma Deflandre, 19296.70.05.90.00.90.00.00.0
C. eurystoma parvula Bonnet, Thomas, 19609.70.05.90.05.52.10.00.0
C. kahli Deflandre, 19293.45.02.00.21.82.10.00.0
C. lithostoma Bonnet, 19740.00.00.06.20.00.00.00.0
C. lithostoma Bonnet, 19740.00.00.00.00.90.00.00.0
C. cf. profundistoma1.40.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
C. sp.1.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Trigonopyxis arcula (Leidy, 1879) Penard, 19120.80.05.91.40.00.00.00.0
T. minuta Sch?nborn et Peschke, 19880.00.00.00.20.00.00.00.0
Plagiopyxis barrosi Bonnet, 19600.00.00.00.01.90.00.00.0
P. callida Penard, 19100.00.00.00.00.00.04.837.7
P. declivis Thomas, 19580.00.02.02.20.00.00.00.0
P. labiata Penard, 19100.00.00.00.70.90.00.00.0
P. minuta Bonnet, 19599.010.05.90.09.76.30.00.0
P. penardi Thomas, 19587.61.73.931.817.84.210.624.4
Heleopera sylvatica Penard, 18900.80.00.00.00.02.11.40.0
H. petricola amethystea Penard, 19020.00.02.00.00.00.00.00.0
Nebela biggibosa Penard, 18900.00.02.00.00.00.00.00.0
N. collaris (Ehrenberg, 1848) Leidy, 18790.00.00.00.30.00.00.00.0
N. tincta (Leidy, 1879) Awerintzew, 19060.00.05.90.00.00.00.00.0
Schoenbornia humicola (Sch?nborn, 1964) Decloitre, 19641.00.00.00.00.90.00.00.0
Cucurbitella vlasinensis Ogden et Zivkovic, 19870.00.00.00.00.00.05.60.0
Difflugia cf. bifurcata0.01.70.00.00.00.00.00.0
D. dujardini Chardez, 19570.05.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
D. globulosa Dujardin, 18370.00.00.00.00.00.07.90.0
D. globulus (Ehrenberg, 1848) Medioli et Scott, 19830.01.70.00.00.00.00.00.0
D. cf. lemani0.00.00.00.01.90.00.00.0
D. minuta Rampi, 19500.01.70.00.00.00.00.00.0
D. nana Co?teaux, 19761.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
D. penardi Hopkinson, 19090.05.00.00.02.60.04.50.0
D. shurmanni van Oye, 19320.00.00.00.00.00.010.05.4
Lagenodifflugia montana (Ogden et Zivkovic, 1983) Ogden, 19870.01.70.00.01.30.00.00.0
L. vas (Leidy, 1874) Medioli et Scott, 19830.01.70.00.00.00.00.00.0
L. sp.0.00.00.00.01.30.00.00.0
Pontigulasia incisa Rhumbler, 18960.01.70.00.00.00.00.00.0
Zivcovicia spectabilis (Penard, 1902) Ogden, 19870.00.00.00.00.00.03.32.8
Phryganella acropodia (Hertwig et Lesser, 1874) Hopkinson, 19090.80.00.012.70.00.07.10.0
P. hemisphaerica Penard, 19020.00.00.02.70.00.00.00.0
Pseudodifflugia gracillis Schlumberger, 18450.00.00.00.00.00.04.18.0
P. gracilis terricola Bonnet et Thomas, 19600.00.02.00.00.00.00.00.0
Assulina muscorum Greef, 18880.80.03.93.43.316.70.00.0
Tracheleuglypha dentata Deflandre, 19380.80.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Euglypha ciliata (Ehrenberg, 1848) Leidy, 18780.00.00.00.60.00.00.00.0
E. ciliata glabra Wailes, 19150.03.30.01.00.00.00.00.0
E. compressa Carter, 18640.00.00.01.40.00.00.00.0
E. compressa glabra Wailes, 19150.00.03.90.00.00.00.00.0
E. cristata decora Jung, 19420.03.32.00.00.00.00.00.0
E. cuspidate Bonnet, 19590.80.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
E. laevis (Ehrenberg, 1832) Perty, 18497.33.35.90.01.82.10.00.0
E. strigosa (Ehrenberg, 1871) Leidy, 18780.00.00.00.50.00.00.00.0
E. strigosa glabra Wailes, 18980.00.00.00.50.00.00.00.0
E. tuberculata Dujardin, 18410.00.00.03.00.00.00.00.0
Cyphoderia bonneti ?t?pánek, 19670.00.00.00.00.00.00.98.2
Corythion dubium Taránek, 18810.00.05.90.40.00.00.00.0
C. dubium minima Chardez, 19691.10.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
C. orbicularis (Penard, 1910) Iudina, 19960.00.00.00.20.00.00.90.0
Trinema complanatum Penard, 18908.98.35.93.73.82.10.00.0
T. enchelys (Ehrenberg, 1838) Leidy, 18780.50.05.98.80.80.00.00.0
T. lineare Penard, 189014.05.05.95.810.22.16.40.0
T. sp.1.50.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Number of species282324302412207
Tab.1  Species list and relative abundance (%) of testate amoebae in different habitats in Hubei and Shandong Provinces. Abbreviations of biotopes: h – highland, f – floodplain, a – aquatic habitats; h-1 – Luojia hill, h-2 – Moshan hill, h-3 – Guifeng Mountain, h-4 – Laoshan Mountain, f-1 – Donghu Lake floodplain, f-2 – Yangtze River floodplain, a-1 – Donghu Lake, a-2 – Yangtze River.
Fig.1  Scanning electron micrographs of selected testate amoebae from the investigated sites. a – , b – , c – , d – . Scale bar: 20 μm
Fig.2  Scanning electron micrographs of selected testate amoebae from the investigated sites. (a) , (b) , (c) , (d) . Scale bar: 20 μm
Fig.3  Results of testate amoebae communities’ classification (cluster-analysis) by species composition. See Table 1 for abbreviation
Fig.4  Results of the ordination of testate amoebae communities. Axis 1 explains 35.9% and Axis 2 explains 20.2% of the total community variance
Fig.5  Results of the ordination of testate amoebae communities (without aquatic habitats). Axis 1 explains 42.9% and Axis 2 explains 26.3% of the total community variance
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