Galeripora, Gonzalez-Miguens, Soler-Zamora, Villar-dePablo, Todorov & Lara, 2021

González-Miguéns, Rubén, Soler-Zamora, Carmen, Villar-Depablo, Mar, Todorov, Milcho & Lara, Enrique, 2022, Multiple convergences in the evolutionary history of the testate amoeba family Arcellidae (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida: Sphaerothecina): when the ecology rules the morphology, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194 (4), pp. 1044-1071 : 1062

GENUS GALERIPORA GONZÁLEZ- MIGUÉNS, SOLER- ZAMORA, VILLAR- DEPABLO, TODOROV & LARA GEN. NOV.

Zoobank registration: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:73C0B8C8-FFA4-48CC-8AE5-B0266D983995 .

Type species: Galeripora sitiens González-Miguéns, Soler-Zamora , Villar-dePablo, Todorov & Lara

Description: Tests built exclusively with proteinaceous organic material. Shape more or less campanulate, with a central and circular aperture and radial symmetry. The aperture is surrounded by pores. The ultrastructure of the test is composed of hexagonal units that are at least partially covered with an organic matrix layer. Commonly, two or more nuclei, situated at opposite sides of the cytoplasm.

Derivatio nominis: The name is derived from the Latin galerus, helmet and ‘ -por ī’, translated as ‘helmet-pores’. This name suggests the general shape of the theca that forms the members of this group, and the pores surrounding the opening, one of the synapomorphies of this genus.

Included taxa: Galeripora arenaria , G. balari , G. bathystoma , G. bufonipellita , G. catinus , G. discoides , G. galeriformis , G. naiadis , G. polypora , G. sitiens and G. succelli .