Centropyxis

bernhardinho · Post by **bernhardinho** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 4:36 pm

hi folks

found a nice Centropyxis today. It had the audacity to show its lobopodes, well, never mind:

Leitz 40x EF, Leitz periplan 10x, Coolpix 990

Cheers Bernhard

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 4:49 pm

Good shots there Bernhard.

I have ran across these before myself, though I have never observed the lobopodia.

Bruce Williams · Post by **Bruce Williams** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 6:04 pm

Hi Bernhard,

Very nice set of photos. I have never seen Centropyxis but live in hope. I understand that the test is built from minute grains of sand (nicely evidenced in your pic1) - so I assume the colour and granular texture must vary from location to location?

Bruce

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 9:13 pm

Those spiney testate amoeba are so neat! Very 3D though, and a photographic challance. You did a great job (especially in the first shot) of showing those "spines" clearly.

bernhardinho · Post by **bernhardinho** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 10:58 am

Thank you very much, Charles

I have to admit that this is a stack of about 4 or 5 images (don't remember excactly). But what counts is the result in the end, isn't it?

Bernhard