Amoeba?..Help for ID. Identified: Hyalodiscus rubicundus

fpelectronica · Post by **fpelectronica** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 11:07 am

Hello
Help for ID. Tanks
http://youtu.be/Sdwl7jMFY0g
Francisco

Pau · Post by **Pau** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 11:16 am

Nice DIC video, the very direccional movement is amazing.

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 11:34 am

Very nice

Ecki · Post by **Ecki** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 12:10 pm

This is Hyalodiscus rubicundus, a vampyrelllid amoeba. It looks like it rolls over the ground but it really does some kind of walk. You can see little dots in the hyaline plasma that is visible in front of the moving direction. Those are the pseudopodia that are used to "walk".

Some images are here: http://penard.de/Cercozoa/Vampyrellida/index.html
You have to scroll down a bit.

Great video!

Regards
Ecki

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 1:28 pm

Nice video Francisco! as always!
Ecki, It looks alike very much to Cochliopodium gulosum
http://www.arcella.nl/cochliopodium-gulosum

Bruce Taylor · Post by **Bruce Taylor** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 6:11 pm

What a fascinating motion!

Ecki · Post by **Ecki** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 11:38 am

Carlos,

Cochliopodium moves very differently.

regards
Ecki

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 2:36 pm

Thanks Ecki

fpelectronica · Post by **fpelectronica** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 2:47 pm

Hello
Thanks for your comments
Ecki,Thanks for the identification
Francisco