Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

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

Observations on Cyphoderia ampulla

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Cyphoderia ampulla (Ehrenberg, 1840) Leidy, 1879

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Difflugia ampulla Ehrenberg, 1840

Add’l Synonyms: Difflugia lagena Ehrenberg, 1841
                               Cyphoderia margaritacea Schlumberger, 1845
                               Euglypha curvata Perty, 1852
                               Lagynis baltica Schultze, 1854
                               Euglypha ampulla Claperède & Lachmann, 1859
                               Euglypha baltica Wallich, 1864
                               Euglypha margaritacea Wallich, 1864
                               Difflugia Seelandica Ehrenberg, 1869
                               Difflugia adunca Ehrenberg, 1871
                               Difflugia alabamensis Ehrenberg, 1871
                               Difflugia uncinnata Ehrenberg, 1871
                               Difflugia margaritacea Ehrenberg, 1871

Cyphoderia ampulla

Sampling date 07/2012. Scale bar indicates 25 µm.

Place name: Bog at Hohes Venn, Eifel (Germany)  
Latitude: 50.60840831     Longitude: 6.42846107

Microscope Leica DIC, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF image.

Cyphoderia ampulla

Sampling date 06/2012. Scale bar indicates 50 µm.

Place name: Bog near Reith/Pillersee (Tyrol, Austria)  
Latitude: 47.477767     Longitude: 12.337294

Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Canon EOS 600D. DOF image.

Sampling date 06/2023. Scale bars indicate 25 µm (1), 10 µm (2).

Two images.

First:Synoptic representation of the test (shell).
Second:Close-up of the silicious scales

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Place name: Wetland Paradieswiese near Kitzbühel (Tyrol, Austria)  
Latitude: 47.47375067     Longitude: 12.37624884

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

Sampling date 04/2021. Scale bars indicate 50 µm (1), 10 µm (2).

Two images.

First:Synoptic representation of the test (shell).
Second:Close-up of the silicious scales.

Please click on < or > on the image edges or on the dots at the bottom edge of the images to browse through the slides!

Place name: Pond near Großostheim (Germany)  
Latitude: 49.88482168     Longitude: 9.09980822

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

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