Nebela

Nebela
Temporal range: PleistoceneRecent 2.58–0 Ma[1]
Nebela flabellulum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Class: Tubulinea
Order: Arcellinida
Family: Hyalospheniidae
Genus: Nebela
Leidy 1874
Type species
Nebela collaris
(Ehrenberg 1848) Leidy 1879
Species

13 species

Synonyms

Nebela is a diverse genus of testate amoebae of cosmopolitan distribution, belonging to the family Hyalospheniidae.[1] They are "prey agglutinated" or "kleptosquamic" organisms, meaning they take the inorganic plates from their prey to construct their test.[2]

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