I found this one in a sample from the Bert Bospad, the Netherlands. It came up in a wet mount kept in a moist chamber for some days. There was one specimen, attached to the underside of the coverslip. It had granules in its filopodia and showed moving and running plasmveils The granules are few in number, but distinct. It was impossible to detect the shape and structure of the pseudostome and the nucleus. The body is spherical.
Euglypha bryophila, after Brown, 1911 (L), from Ecuador (R) Euglypha bryophila Brown, 1911 Diagnosis: (Original description) The test is very regular in form and subject
(A) A Scenedesmus cell (arrow) is engulfed by a trophozoite. (B) Several Scenedesmus cells adhere to the surface of a plasmodium that has numerous vacuoles
Actinosphaeridium spec. Diagnosis: Cell surrounded by a membranous shell, with an outer mucous layer. Filopodia with granules, sometimes branching. Cell stalked. Ecology: I found this
Euglyphidion enigmaticum – after Bonnet, 1960 Genus Euglyphidion Bonnet, 196 Diagnosis: Shell hyaline, ovoid, pseudostome circular or slightly elliptical. Shell loosely covered with two types of
Leptomyxa sp., slowly retracting in response to the light of the microscope Leptomyxa sp. Diagnose: This is a very large amoeba which I found in
Zivkovicia spec., 200 µm long; the right image is viewed through the aperture Zivkovicia spec. Diagnosis: Shell pyriform, circular in oral view, with a clear