Heliozoic Amoeboids –
Haptista (Part), Stramenopiles (Part), Obazoa (Part)
Observations on Raphidiophrys elegans
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Raphidiophrys elegans Hertwig & Lesser, 1874 emend. Penard, 1904
Most likely ID: n.a.
Basionym: n.a.
Add’l Synonyms: n.a.
Sampling date 07/2008. Scale bar indicates 25 µm.
The picture shows the characteristic layer of mucilage armed with siliceous scales around the cell body and the narrow axopodia with numerous extrusomes.
Place name: Bog near Salzburg (Austria)
Latitude: 48.068516 Longitude: 12.954134
Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF image.
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