Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

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

Observations on Euglypha acanthophora

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Euglypha acanthophora (Ehrenberg, 1841) Perty, 1849

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Difflugia acanthophora Ehrenberg, 1841

Add’l Synonyms: Difflugia setigera Ehrenberg, 1871
                               Difflugia setigera var. acanthophora Ehrenberg, 1871

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Scale bars indicate 50 µm.

Three images.

First:Synoptic representation of the test (shell).
Second and third:Optical cross-section showing nucleus in the fundus (posteriorly). Two different specimens.

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Place name: Tropical freshwater aquarium  
Latitude: 54.3018013     Longitude: 10.07120132

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

Euglypha acanthophora

Sampling date 09/2006. Scale bar indicates 25 µm.

Place name: Bog Hegne Moor near Lake Constance (Germany)  
Latitude: 47.718106     Longitude: 9.093974

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ.

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