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

Observations on Amoeba proteus

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Amoeba proteus (Pallas, 1766) Leidy, 1878

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Volvox Proteus Pallas, 1766

Add’l Synonyms: Chaos Protheus (Pallas, 1766) Linnaeus, 1767
                       Proteus diffluens Müller, 1786
                       Amiba divergens Bory, 1822
                       Amoeba princeps Ehrenberg, 1831
                       Amoeba nitida Penard, 1902
                       Chaos diffluens (Müller, 1786) Schaeffer, 1926
                       Amoeba lescherae Taylor&Hayes, 1944

Sampling date 10/2008. Scale bar indicates 200 µm.

Amoeba proteus with numerous crystals showing typical polypodial movement. The specimen was gathered in a tiny freshwater pond at the island of Hiddensee (Baltic Sea, Germany) which shows a fascinating biodiversity of naked and testate amoebae.

Place name: Pond Suploch, Hiddensee (Germany)
Latitude: 54.538638 Longitude: 13.097802

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF images.

Scale bar indicates 100 µm.

Nucleus (center) and trailing uroid (upper left) of Amoeba proteus. To the right of the nucleus there are several food vacuoles. In addition many tiny crystals are visible.

Scale bar indicates 25 µm.

Higher magnification of cell zone with nucleus. Left the contractile vacuole (cv) and food vacuoles to the right of the cv. The nucleus shows his scattered nucluolus beneath the nuclear membrane (parietal arranged).

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