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

Observations on Placopus rubicundus

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Placopus rubicundus (Hertwig & Lesser, 1874) Jahn, 1928

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Hyalodiscus rubicundus Hertwig & Lesser, 1874

Add’l Synonyms: n.a.

Place name: Ponds near Hausen (Hessisch Lichtenau , Germany)
Latitude: 51.21453 Longitude: 9.868894

Microscope Zeiss Axioscope, DSLR camera.

Sampling date 09/2005. Scale bars indicate 10 µm.

Locomotion study. The cell climbed along algal threads and writhed like a inchworm. After moving onto the cover glass, it showed a gliding locomotion. Individual images from a time-lapse sequence with a period length of approx. 2 seconds.

Place name: Pond Demühlen, rain storage reservoir in Kiel-Russee (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Latitude: 54.304095 Longitude: 10.086073

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ.

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Observations on Placopus rubicundus

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