Limnogromia linearis
Limnogromia saxicola, 320 µm long. Dune lake, Netherlands, 2025

Limnogromia saxicola Penard, 1905

Limnogromia saxicola was rediscovered in sediment of Oosterplas, a freshwater lake in the dunes near the village of Bloemendaal in the Netherlands. Oosterplas is an artificial lake, excavated in the 1950s. The sand that was removed during its creation was used to raise the ground level of a new residential area in Haarlem. At its deepest point, the lake is between 2.5 and 3 meters deep. The lake serves as a recreational area where visitors can swim and picnic. It is situated approximately 3 km from the North Sea coastline. Red water lilies are also present in the lake.

July 2025, eleven specimens of Limnogromia saxicola were found in Oosterplas. They were multinucleated, with each nucleus measuring about 5 µm in diameter. There were hundreds of nuclei present in one cell.

Limnogromia linearis
Limnogromia saxicola, surface of the agglutinated test
Limnogromia linearis
Limnogromia saxicola, cytoplasm in the posterior part of the test, some vacuoles are visible. Notice the presence of preyed diatoms and a Cosmarium sp.
Limnogromia linearis
Limnogromia saxicola, nuclei (Olympus 60x PlanAPO 1.40 oil immersion)
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Limnogromia saxicola
Limnogromia linearis
Limnogromia saxicola
Limnogromia linearis
Limnogromia saxicola
Limnogromia linearis
Limnogromia saxicola
Limnogromia linearis
Limnogromia saxicola
Limnogromia linearis
Limnogromia saxicola
Ferry Siemensma, created July 27, 2025; last modified January 26, 2026
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