Portrait

Description:

Portrait of Lagenidiopsis (species uncertain), a medium-sized shelled marine amoeba of uncertain affinity. The clear ovoid organic shell is slightly flattened and the anterior pseudostome extends into the shell as a tube. The cell body occupies the posterior half of the shell and transmits delicate filose pseudopodia to the exterior through the internal tubular extension of the cell (seen in this image). Collected from a commercial saltwater aquarium in Boise, Idaho October 2004. Phase contrast illumination.