Bacteria
This beautiful image was made by Wim van Egmond. It looks like the test of a fresh water foraminifer, an Limnogromia species, but in fact it’s a bunch of bacteria around a Spirogyra algae. The photomicrograph below shows some Allogromia specimens, all about 400 µm.
M. ovalistoma – after Bartos, 1963 Metaheleopera Bartos, 1963 Diagnosis: Shell clearly narrowing towards the pseudostome, which can be seen even more clearly on the narrower sides
M. radixicola – after Chardez, 1974 Matsakision radixicola Chardez, 1974 Diagnosis: Shell ovoid, slightly compressed, transparent; pseudostome oval, truncated perpendicularly, with a slight neck. Shell
M. cassagnaui – after Bonnet, 1967 Matsakision cassagnaui Bonnet, 1967 Diagnosis: Shell hyaline, elongated ovoid, very little compressed, truncated perpendicularly or very slightly obliquely in
Matsakision – after Bonnet, 1967 Matsakision Bonnet, 1967 Diagnosis: Shell hyaline, elongated ovoid, very little compressed, truncated perpendicularly or very slightly obliquely in the region
Arcella marginata, after Deflandre, 1929 Arcella marginata Daday, 1905 Diagnosis: Shell roughly hemispherical, rather overhanging, with a flattened, smooth edge. In dorsal view showing a
Arcella lobostoma, after Deflandre, 1929 Arcella lobostoma Deflandre, 1929 Diagnosis: Shell hemispherical. In ventral view, irregular circular outline, often a little elliptical; pseudostome irregularly lobed: