Saccamoeba limax (Dujardin, 1841)
Diagnosis: Locomotive form slender (L/B c. 4.8); villous bulb common; bipyramidal crystals to about 3.5 µm, seldom more than 30 present, sometimes lost after years in culture; endocytic bacteria in known strains; cup-like surface structures c. 40 nm in diameter; mitochondria never elongate.
Dimensions: 35-85 µm; nucleus 6-11 µm.
Ecology: freshwater, several water types.
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