Naked Amoeba (possibly Saccamoeba sp.)

[75RR]

Planapo 63x/1.4, DIC, nucleus about 7µm diameter, Olympus E-P2, Marine sample, Alboran Sea



https://www.arcella.nl/saccamoeba-spec-5/

[Sauerkraut]

Good find. That's super cool and nice depth of field for 63x too! Edit: or is that 63x total mag? Still nice either way.

I supposed the cytoplasmic streaming motility method also aids in crude(or do I mean sophisticated?) circulation of all the stuff inside the amoeba.

Been looking for, and unable to find, an amoeba my pond. Thanks for sharing this great video.

Heather

[75RR]

Thanks Sauerkraut

Unless one comes across one of the large amoeba (see link below), finding one tends to involve using medium power objectives as most are pretty small.

https://www.arcella.nl/amoeba-proteus/

[Sauerkraut]

Thank you for this link, 75RR.

Long ago when I first bought my scope, I found an amoeba right away. Same thing with a water bear so I assumed they were common inhabitants and easy to find in my pond.

Now they are nowhere to be found. Possibly there is more algae now and the micro-community has shifted. Or it could have been a case of beginner's luck.

Heather

[Sauerkraut]

This is interesting too:

https://www.livescience.com/13366-amoeb ... ction.html