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Is this Amoeba Acella?
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 2:50 am
by Stonius
I'm kind of new to this, but I'm a bit stumped.
That's the closest I can find in my book.
Video Here
https://youtu.be/Wv4bYVmJ1Eg
Markus
Re: Is this Amoeba Acella?
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 6:33 am
by janvangastel
It is a testate amoebe I think, but I am not sure if it is Arcella.
Re: Is this Amoeba Acella?
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 7:44 am
by 75RR
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/
Re: Is this Amoeba Acella?
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 11:40 am
by Bruce Taylor
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).
Re: Is this Amoeba Acella?
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 1:31 pm
by Stonius
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.
