Apodera wellingtonia  (Decloitre, 1964) Chardez, 1994

Diagnosis: Shell lageniform, compressed, with a deep constriction between the posterior part and the neck (as in A. vas). Sides of the neck approximately parallel, tapering from the junction of the neck constriction to the aperture (notably not or less swollen than in A. vas). shell composed of recycled, collected, or predated euglyphid idiosomes.

Dimensions: Shell length 185—220 μm; width 125—130 μm; thickness of the main body = 34—40 μm; neck 55—63 μm long; neck base 67—74 μm, aperture 51—55 μm × 10—15 μm.

Habitat: Meltwater puddles; also mentioned from temperate rain forests along the mountain slopes, in wet, rotten wood of a tree stump, and cortical lichens.

Geographical distribution: Summit area of Mount Wellington, Tasmania.

References. Kosakyan, A., Meisterfeld, R., Lara, E., Duckert, C., Mitchell, E., 2025. A taxonomic monograph of hyalospheniid testate amoebae. Amoebozoa: Arcellinida: Hyalospheniformes, Mémoire XIV. Éditions Alphil-Presses universitaires suisses, Neuchâtel.