Is this Amoeba Acella?

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Is this Amoeba Acella?

#1 Post by Stonius » Tue Apr 20, 2021 2:50 am

I'm kind of new to this, but I'm a bit stumped.

That's the closest I can find in my book.

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Re: Is this Amoeba Acella?

#2 Post by janvangastel » Tue Apr 20, 2021 6:33 am

It is a testate amoebe I think, but I am not sure if it is Arcella.

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Re: Is this Amoeba Acella?

#3 Post by 75RR » Tue Apr 20, 2021 7:44 am

Sometimes quite a lot of detail is needed for an ID

Are you familiar with Ferry's website Microworld?

https://www.arcella.nl/lobose-testate-amoebae/
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Re: Is this Amoeba Acella?

#4 Post by Bruce Taylor » Tue Apr 20, 2021 11:40 am

It's an arcellinid, but not Arcella. The aperture is ruffled and it has a fairly lumpy ovoid agglutinate shell (incorporating "found materials"). The viewing angle isn't good, but it looks like Netzelia tuberculata (previously known as Difflugia tuberculata).

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Re: Is this Amoeba Acella?

#5 Post by Stonius » Tue Apr 20, 2021 1:31 pm

Thanks guys, awesome, my first amoeba! Always wanted to find one! Stoked!!

And thanks for the website recommendation. Has anyone combined all these individual microbe identification websites into one master list? Usually they specialise in a single kind of micronial life.

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