Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

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

Observations on Sphenoderia lenta

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Sphenoderia lenta Schlumberger, 1845

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: n.a.

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

Two images.

First:Synoptic representation of the test (shell). Cell in top view, the narrow slit of the pseudostome at the end of the collar covered with very small siliceous scales is clearly visible.
Second:Obliquely positioned cell (another specimen), the narrow slit of the pseudostome at the end of the collar covered with very small siliceous scales becomes slightly visible.

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

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

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