Spumochlamys illiensis, with two lobopodia, shell 51 µm in diameter
Spumochlamys illiensis Kudryavtsev and Hausmann, 2007
Diagnosis: as for the genus. One vesicular central nucleolus, 3-6 µm in diameter (average 4.3 µm), made up of several clustered pieces. Small crystals present. The shell structure is not visible lightmicroscopically.
Dimensions: Kudryavtsev and Hausmann: 34-46 µm; my measurements: 51 µm.
Remarks: see also Kudryavtsev and Hausmann, Spumochlamys iliensis n.g. n.sp. (Shellacealobosia, Microchlamyiidae) from Central Asia, with notes on the diversity of Microchlamys-like testate amoebae, European Journal of Protistology 43 (2007) 185-191.
Specimens with long lobopodia
Nucleus with fragmented nucleolus and right shell shortly after attaching to the substrate…
Shell gets more circular…