scales from above

Kuvaus:

Cochliopodium (cock-lee-o-podium) is a common amoebae. It is made distinctive by the layer of small scales on the surface. This picture shows the scales viewed from above. These scales led some workers to regard these as shelled amoebae or some intermediary between naked and shelled amoebae. However, it is now evident that many amoebae have a glycoprotein +glycocalyx coating the surface of the cell, and in a variety of species this may form aggregates, lumps or scales. these structures are more strongly developed in Cochliopodium than in most other genera. Differential interference contrast.