Bodenwerder, Weser

In October 2012 I collected a sample from the bank of the River Weser, near the old railway bridge in the town of Bodenwerder in central Germany. The sample was taken from a large stone just below the water surface. At home I prepared several moist‑chamber mounts, which yielded some beautiful and unexpected amoeboids:

• Paramphitrema lemanense
• Cyphoderia calceolus
• Cyphoderia laevis
• Cochliopodium granulatum
• Leptophrys sp.
• Polychaos dubium
• Rhizamoeba caerulea
• Thecamoeba striata
• Penardeugenia spec., probably new species
• Limnofila spp.
• Microgromia sp.
• Lecythium granulatus
• Lithocolla spec.
• Microcometes paludosa
• Acanthocystis aculeata
• Nuclearia flavocapsulata
• Chlamydaster laciniatus
• Centropyxis ecornis
• Difflugia varians
• Euglypha acanthophora