Testate Amoebae –
Amoebozoa (Part), Stramenopiles (Part), Rhizaria (Part)

Observations on Euglypha acanthophora

Protisten / Protisten.de – created by Wolfgang Bettighofer / Testata Amoeboid Organisms / Rhizaria / Cercozoa / Imbricatea / Silicofilosea / Euglyphida / Euglyphidae / Euglypha acanthophora

Position in the EOL taxonomic tree. Please click on the tree view below to access EOL (Encyclopedia of Life).

Euglypha acanthophora (Ehrenberg, 1841) Perty, 1849

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Difflugia acanthophora Ehrenberg, 1841

Add’l Synonyms: Difflugia setigera Ehrenberg, 1871
Difflugia setigera var. acanthophora Ehrenberg, 1871

Scale bars indicate 50 µm.

Three images.

First:	Synoptic representation of the test (shell).
Second and third:	Optical cross-section showing nucleus in the fundus (posteriorly). Two different specimens.

Please click on < or > on the image edges or on the dots at the bottom edge of the images to browse through the slides!

Place name: Tropical freshwater aquarium
Latitude: 54.3018013 Longitude: 10.07120132

Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.

Sampling date 09/2006. Scale bar indicates 25 µm.

Place name: Bog Hegne Moor near Lake Constance (Germany)
Latitude: 47.718106 Longitude: 9.093974

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ.

© Wolfgang Bettighofer,
images under Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA).
For permission to use of (high resolution) images please contact postmaster@protisten.de.

Protisten.de

Observations on Euglypha acanthophora

New items

New items