Leptomyxa
Leptomyxa sp.

Leptomyxa sp.

Diagnosis: This is a large Leptomyxa species, , Netherlands. It was very slowly moving. As I used an inverse microscope, I was not able to observe any nuclei or contractile vacuoles.

Habitat: Freshwater. Sediment of a Dune lake near Bakkum, the Netherlands, 2022.

Remarks: I have found only one specimen.

Leptomyxa
Leptomyxa sp.
Leptomyxa
Leptomyxa sp.
Leptomyxa
Leptomyxa sp.
Leptomyxa
Leptomyxa sp., long monopodium, forming lobopodia along its side.
Leptomyxa
Leptomyxa sp., retracting pseudopodia.
Ferry Siemensma, created March 24, 2023; last modified October 16, 2024
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