Filoreta
Filoreta sp.? – Gaasterland, Netherlands, 2022

Filoreta sp.

Diagnosis: Cell bodies spindle-shaped, connected by a large network of cytoplasmic strands; strands vary in width. Cytoplasmic streaming very slowly, but not always obviously. Protoplasmic threads largely lacked prominent granules in one group of cells, but in a second group of cells granules were clearly present (see images below).

Ecology: This species was present in a wet mount from sediment collected from the bottom of a shallow ditch in Gaasterland, the Netherlands, 2022.

Filoreta
Filoreta sp.?
Filoreta
Filoreta sp.?
Filoreta
Filoreta sp.?
Filoreta
Filoreta sp.? This second group of cells was present in the same wet mount as the cells illustrated above and showed distinctly granulated filopodia.
Filoreta
Filoreta sp.? Detail of the image above.
Ferry Siemensma, created September 25, 2022; last modified October 16, 2024
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