What kind of amoeba?

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macnmotion
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What kind of amoeba?

#1 Post by macnmotion » Mon Mar 20, 2023 11:48 pm

Something new for me. At first blush as I was scanning, this appeared to be Heliazoa. However, the axopodia were not rigid and seemed much longer than I would expect, more like Foraminifera. But there was no test as I would expect for Foraminifera. It is also quite mobile -- playback is in real time. At the end of the video, the organism comes into contact with debris and begins to spread like an amoeba would. Can anyone ID this?


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Re: What kind of amoeba?

#2 Post by Bruce Taylor » Thu Mar 23, 2023 7:10 pm

It is a vampyrellid amoeboid: https://arcella.nl/vampyrellida/

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Re: What kind of amoeba?

#3 Post by macnmotion » Thu Mar 23, 2023 11:56 pm

Bruce Taylor wrote:
Thu Mar 23, 2023 7:10 pm
It is a vampyrellid amoeboid: https://arcella.nl/vampyrellida/
Awesome, thanks.

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