Peru

The location of this site where I took some interesting samples is the Cocococha Lagoon, an old meander of the Tambopata River, where a giant otter family occurs. My samples came from aquatic plants, covered with detritus. The exact location is: 12º 49′ 05.72” S, 69º 15′ 42.74” W (see arrow). The site is located about 30 km south south west of Puerto Maldanado.

Some observed species:

• Arcella costata
• Arcella rotundata
• Centropyxis ecornis
• Cucurbitella cf. vlasinensis
• Clathrella foreli
• Clathrulina elegans
• Difflugia oblonga
• Difflugia corona f. tuberculata
• Diplophrys archeri
• Pseudodifflugia spec.
• Mastigamoeba spec.
• Mayorella spec.
• Microcometes paludosa
• Apogromia spec.
• Netzelia oviformis
• Paralieberkuehnia elegantula
• Thecamoeba quadrilineata
• Diaphoropodon mutabilis
• Lesquereusia spiralis
• Vannella simplex
• Raphidocystis tubifera