Thecamoeba sp.
Diagnosis: Surface smooth in locomotion, with some longitudinal dorsal folds; outline in locomotion oblong or oval; hyaloplasm usually an antero-lateral crescent; nucleus with a single central nucleolus of homogeneous texture; nucleolus irregular, oblong; a single contractile vacuole.
Dimensions: Length ca. 35 µm, length: breadth ratio 1.7; nucleus 6-7 µm.
Ecology: fresh water.
P. arcelloides – after Penard, 1904 Penardochlamys arcelloides (Penard, 1904) Deflandre, 1953 Diagnosis: Colorless or very slightly yellowish envelope, bag or cauldron-shaped, very thin, chitinous,
Fig. 1: Main cell body of specimen A, partly hidden by debris Haplomyxa sp. Three specimens were observed in a Petri dish, along with two
“Lachmannia” spec., body length 127 µm “Lachmannia” spec. I found two cells, size about 125 µm when ovoid, with an organic-walled membranous test and a
Diplophrys spec., with three tufts of filopodia Diplophrys spec. These cells are granular, never seen before. I found them in a sample from the Bert
I found this specimen in a sample from the Oppad, near Hilversum, 2020. It is similar to Psammonobiotus linearis, but lacks a clear spine at
Sphenoderia compressa, after Badewitz, 2002 Sphenoderia compressa Badewitz, 2002 Diagnosis: Test ovoid, oval in cross section, hyaline, covered with relatively small, oval, rather irregularly arranged