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Microchlamys (mike-row-clam-iss) is a testate amoeba, but one with a flexible shell or lorica. Optical section through the cell. Two nuclei with dark nucleoli and the light coloured contractile vacuole are evident. Phase contrast.
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Microchlamys (mike-row-clam-iss) is a testate amoeba, but one with a flexible shell or lorica. As can be seen in this image, the cell is deformed by pushing against an object in the real world, and the shell itself is folded. The amoeba inside produces lobose pseudopodia. Phase contrast.
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Microchlamys, a shelled amoeba in which the lorica is thin, organic and flexible. In this image the lorica is folded. The lorica seems to be transparent when first formed, with age it becomes brown. From Lake Donghu, China. Phase contrast micrograph.
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Microchlamys, a shelled amoeba in which the lorica is thin, organic and flexible. The lorica seems to be transparent when first formed, with age it becomes brown. The lorica has a central ventral aperture through which pseudopodia extend. This image shows the cell from the ventral side. From Lake Donghu, China. Phase contrast micrograph.