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Arcella
[ ahr-sel-uh ]
noun
- a genus of freshwater, ameboid protozoa that secrete a hard, umbrellalike shell having a single opening through which the pseudopodia extend.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Arcella1
1838; < New Latin, equivalent to Latin arc ( a ) a chest, box + -ella diminutive suffix
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“I’ve thought about closing,” said Ms. Arcella, shaking her head disapprovingly at Mr. Macri’s economic policies.
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Ms. Arcella said her electricity bill has risen 10-fold since Mr. Macri began cutting subsidies in 2016.
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But like most testate amoebae, species of Arcella are hard to tell apart.
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A close relative, Arcella brasiliensis, was already known, but has more of a brimmed beanie thing going on.
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It is Arcella gandalfi, a new South American shelled amoeba.
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