Amoebozoa (Part), Cryptista (Part), Discoba (Part), Alveolates (Part), Stramenopiles (Part)
Observations on Distigma proteus
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Distigma proteus Ehrenberg 1831
Most likely ID: n.a.
Basionym: Astasia proteus F. Stein 1878
Add’l Synonyms: Proteus tenax O.F.Müller 1786
Astasia tenax (O.F.Müller) Bütschli
Sampling date 09/2009. Scale bars indicate 50 µm.
Two images.
| First: | Euglenid without chloroplasts, highly metabolic, two flagella, one of them (short one) sometimes trailing. |
| Second: | Motion study. |
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Place name: Bog Hegne Moor near Lake Constance (Germany)
Latitude: 47.718106 Longitude: 9.093974
Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF images.
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