| Sappinia dangeardi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Amorphea |
| Phylum: | Amoebozoa |
| Class: | Discosea |
| Order: | Thecamoebida |
| Family: | Thecamoebidae |
| Genus: | Sappinia |
| Species: | S. dangeardi |
| Binomial name | |
| Sappinia dangeardi Henderson & Brown 2024 [1] | |
| Type strain | |
| BF22-2A | |
Sappinia dangeardi is a species of amoebae belonging to the phylum Amoebozoa. [2] It is a terrestrial species found growing on cow dung from a farm in Starkville, Mississippi.
The specific epithet, dangeardi, was chosen in recognition of the author Pierre Clement Augustin Dangeard, who originally described the genus Sappinia . [3]
Sappinia dangeardi is a species of amoeba belonging to the genus Sappinia , which occasionally exhibits a 'standing' behavior where the cell attaches to the substrate and pushes most of its mass into the open air. [4] In particular, S. dangeardi cells are significantly larger than other species such as S. pedata, both in length and width, as well as in height regarding 'standing' cells. [5]
Sappinia dangeardi is a species described in 2024 by protistologists Tristan C. Henderson and Matthew W. Brown on a journal article published with other coauthors in the European Journal of Protistology . It was described from amoebae isolated from cow dung at Byrum Farm, Mississippi, USA. These amoebae were cultured on agar and fed with E. coli . The researchers examined the fine morphology of these microbes. [4] Through sequencing of the SSU rDNA gene, the microbes were assessed as members of the genus Sappinia but phylogenetically distinct from all other known species. [6]