Saccamoeba spec.
Saccamoeba? spec., common locomotive form, some nuclei visible

Saccamoeba? spec.

Diagnosis: Normal locomotion monopodial, about 100 µm long, with broader anterior part with hyaline zone; uroid rounded with filaments; crystals not observed; about 5-10 vesicular nuclei, about 4 µm in diameter.

Ecology: In sediment of a pond, Crailoo, Netherlands.

Remarks: This amoeba resembles a Saccamoeba, but it is multinucleated and new to science.

Saccamoeba spec.
Saccamoeba spec.,  nucleus arrowed
Saccamoeba spec.
Saccamoeba spec., with (six) nuclei arrowed
Ferry Siemensma, created March 2, 2019; last modified October 16, 2024
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