Shell c. 85 µm long

 

Unidentified amoeboid

I found this curious amoeboid in a sample from a garden pond in Wellington, Florida. It’s curious because of the granules in the filopodia. The shell resembles a Pseudodifflugia species and the granular filopodia an Allogromia, but there is no whirling cytoplasm, nor a rolling nucleus as is typical for Allogromia. Inside the shell there is a broad band of dark granules as is characteristic for Chlamydophrys species.

Remarkable: granules in the the filopodia!
Ferry Siemensma, created March 1, 2019; last modified October 16, 2024
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