hard skin amoeba likely Thecamoeba terricola (video)

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hard skin amoeba likely Thecamoeba terricola (video)

Post by carlos.uruguay »

In this video we see another hard skin amoeba that we found in fresh water
It's probably Thecamoeba terricola,
Thanks Ferry Siemensma:
https://www.arcella.nl/thecamoeba-terricola/
for your always generous help!
It has eaten algae and diatoms and has a huge "heart" (nucleus)
40X objective
Semi-polarized oblique light
Panasonic GH4 camera without and with 2X zoom
Free network sound effects

Video link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw-KO2Fe_1g

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Regards!
carlos

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Post by Jacek »

Very nice

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Thanks Jacek

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