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

Observations on Euglypha filifera

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Euglypha filifera Penard, 1890

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: Euglypha setigera Perty, 1852 (in part)
Euglypha ciliata Leidy, 1879 (in part)
Euglypha longispina Taránek, 1881

Sampling date 06/2025. Scale bars indicate 25 µm.

Five images.

First:	Synoptic representation of the test (shell).
Second to fifth:	Optical cross-sections showing the cell nucleus with nucleoli and the metachronous pulsation of the two contractile vacuoles.

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Place name: Moor called Schwemm near Walchsee (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.657707 Longitude: 12.299540 Elevation: 669 m

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

Sampling date 06/2025. Scale bars indicate 20 µm (1), 5 µm (2, 3).

Three images, whole test and details.
A gelatinous substance in the sample water prevented a clearer depiction of the aperture rim scales.

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Place name: Moor called Schwemm near Walchsee (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.657707 Longitude: 12.299540 Elevation: 669 m

Tescan Clara SEM, © Wolfgang Bettighofer/Jürgen Stampfl

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Observations on Euglypha filifera

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