Meisterfeldia, Bobrov, 2016

Bobrov, Anatoly, 2016, Description of a New Testate Amoebae Genus Meisterfeldia with Notes on the Systematics of the Suborder Phryganellina (Amebozoa; Tubulinea; Arcellinida), Acta Protozoologica 55 (4), pp. 211-219 : 213

Genus Meisterfeldia gen. nov.

Description: Test ovoid; bilaterally symmetrical, more or less laterally compressed; colorless, yellow or brown; composed of proteinaceous material without mineral particles; aperture circular, subterminal as seen on ventrally and obliquely cut apertural end, or it is situated on a well developed or poorly expressed neck inclined ventrally; sometimes aperture border shows a slight swelling.

Etymology: The genus is named after the German protozoologist Ralf Meisterfeld.

Type species: Meisterfeldia chibisovi sp. nov.: Shell small, bilaterally symmetrical, elongated-ovoid, almost not flattened, colorless to light-brown. Dorsal side convex in profile, posterior shell end smoothly curved, anterior end with aperture bent towards ventral side. Aperture circular, subterminal, shifted to ventral side. Aperture, unlike Wailesella eboracensis , at the end of a short neck. Shell surface smooth, without mineral inclusions.