Leptomyxa sp., slowly retracting in respons to the light of the microscope
Leptomyxa sp.
Diagnosis: Slowly moving amoebae spreading out their pseudopodia in all directions, but usually fan shaped. One nucleus observed. Length in locomotion 100–200 µm.
Ecology: Dry moss on a tree in the Sierra Maestra, Cuba, 2018. The moss was rinsed in demineralized water.
Remarks: I have found only one specimen in a wet mount with material from dry moss.
Leptomyxa sp., fan shaped
Leptomyxa sp., spreading out some pseudopodia fan shaped
Leptomyxa sp., some minutes later as above
Leptomyxa sp.