Heliozoic Amoeboids –
Haptista (Part), Stramenopiles (Part), Obazoa (Part)
Observations on Raphidocystis tubifera
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Raphidocystis tubifera Penard, 1904
Most likely ID: n.a.
Basionym: n.a.
Add’l Synonyms: n.a.
Sampling date 09/2005. Scale bar indicates 25 µm.
This centrohelid heliozoan is characterized by trumpet shaped siliceous skeleton elements. This specimen shows the enormous food vacuole production (funnel-shaped pseudopod) preceeding the ingestion process.
Place name: Pond Demühlen, rain storage reservoir in Kiel-Russee (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Latitude: 54.304095 Longitude: 10.086073
Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ.
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