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Ichthyophthirius
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Freshwater amoeba

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Hi,

This is an amoeba from a freshwater sample with a nice cauliflower-shaped uroid.

Length about 160 um.


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It won't work. Amoeba predators are omnivores. Perhaps, if it changed into the shape of a fishhook...
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Excellent!!
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phil m wrote:Perhaps, if it changed into the shape of a fishhook...
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Very nice
Microscope Leitz Laborlux K
Boitier EOS 1200d
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