Andreas Suthaus

Aug 28, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Andreas Suthaus |Sebastian Hess

1 INTRODUCTION The order Vampyrellida comprises a lineage of ecologically diverse, predatory amoebae within the Rhizaria supergroup of eukaryotes (Bass et al., 2009; Hess et al., 2012). All known representatives are naked (without any cell coverings), exhibit a tendency to form filose pseudopodia, and possess a two-part life history, comprised of the amoeboid stage (=trophozoite) and an obligatory digestive cyst stage (Hess & Suthaus, 2022).

Sep 25, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Sebastian Hess |Andreas Suthaus

INTRODUCTION The vampyrellid amoebae (Vampyrellida, Rhizaria) represent a morphologically and ecologically diverse order of predatory protists, which prey on a variety of (mainly) eukaryotic prey including streptophyte and chlorophyte green algae, cryptophytes, diatoms, fungi and even microscopic animals (Cienkowski, 1865; Grell, 1985; Hess, 2017a, 2017b; Hess et al., 2012; More et al., 2019, 2021; Röpstorf et al., 1994; Zopf, 1885; Zwillenberg, 1953).