The pseudoheliozoan Hedriocystis
The pseudoheliozoan Hedriocystis
Here are a couple of photos of the strange protist Hedriocystis. This is a small amoeba which inhabits a lorica on a stalk and thin pseudopods extend from openings in the lorica. These pseudopods do not have the usual ordered microtubule arrays seen in axopodia so they do not fit the defining characteristic of axopodia.
https://rcin.org.pl/Content/13538/PDF/W ... nr2_AP.pdf
An interesting article about these and related amoebae can be found here as a pdf: -
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Re: The pseudoheliozoan Hedriocystis
How do you get those nice 3-D effects in your images?
Re: The pseudoheliozoan Hedriocystis
Hi Don,
These photos using a microscope with DIC optics. DIC produces the 3D-like effect.
These photos using a microscope with DIC optics. DIC produces the 3D-like effect.
Re: The pseudoheliozoan Hedriocystis
Very nice images and interesting literature !
I have never seen this specimen, hopefully in the future.
I have never seen this specimen, hopefully in the future.