Hairy tassel amoeba

Hairy tassel amoeba
Systematics
without rank:	Amorphea
without rank:	Amoebozoa
without rank:	Tubulinea
without rank:	Euamoebida
Genre :	Trichamoeba
Type :	Hairy tassel amoeba
Scientific name
	Trichamoeba pilosa
	(Cash, 1904)

The hairy tassel amoeba ( Trichamoeba pilosa ) is a species of Amoebozoa from the genus Trichamoeba . It occurs in swamps between floating plants.

features

Trichamoeba pilosa is club-shaped or bone-shaped, 180 micrometers long and approximately 50 micrometers wide. The rear end is bulbous and thickened and has many blunt plasma protuberances. The species moves through flat ectoplasmic lobes that are pushed forward quickly in front and on the sides. In ectoplasm top and bright plasma thorns are present.

supporting documents

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Heinz Streble , Dieter Krauter : Life in the water drop. Microflora and microfauna of freshwater. An identification book. Franckh-Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-440-11966-2

[Wassertropfen-1] A ^b Heinz Streble , Dieter Krauter : Life in the water drop. Microflora and microfauna of freshwater. An identification book. Franckh-Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-440-11966-2