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Cochliopodium (cock-lee-o-podium) is a common amoebae. It is made distinctive by the layer of small scales on the surface. Fine filamentous or conical pseudopodia emerge from under the edge of the coating of scales. Consumes bacteria, algae, detritus etc. Two cells evident here. Phase contrast.
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Cochliopodium (cock-lee-o-podium) is a common amoebae. It is made distinctive by the layer of small scales on the surface. Fine filamentous or conical pseudopodia emerge from under the edge of the coating of scales. Consumes bacteria, algae, detritus etc. Phase contrast.
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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 the side. 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.
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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.
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Cochliopodium (cock-lee-o-podium) is a common amoebae. It is made distinctive by the layer of small scales on the surface. Fine filamentous or conical pseudopodia emerge from under the edge of the coating of scales. Consumes bacteria, algae, detritus etc. Phase contrast.
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Cochliopodium (cock-lee-owe-podium) - a flattened amoeba, typically with a layer of delicate scales attached to the dorsal surface of the body. In this image, the scales are barely visible, but Cochliopodium can also be recognized by the distinctive refractile crystals. Phase contrast. Material from Nymph Creek and Nymph Lake, thermal sites within Yellowstone National Park, photograph by Kathy Sheehan and David Patterson.
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Cochliopodium, Amoeba with a tectum or layer of very fine scales on the dorsal surface. Phase contrast.
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Cochliopodium, a kind of amoeba, with dorsal surface coated in a alyer of fine organic scales to form a tectum
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Cochliopodium, a kind of amoeba, with dorsal surface coated in a alyer of fine organic scales to form a tectum. From a freshwater pond near Boise, Idaho.
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Cochliopodium, a kind of amoeba, with dorsal surface coated in a alyer of fine organic scales to form a tectum. From a freshwater pond near Boise, Idaho.
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Cochliopodium is a small naked amoeba. This amoeba is covered with delicate scales that appear as small black dots, especially visible around the thin margins of the cell.
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Phase contrast image shows te bipyramidal crystals inside the cell and the fine scales that cover the margins of the cell.
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Amoeba with surface covered in fine scales. The layer of scales is referred to as a tectum and is thought by some to show that Cochliopodium can be considered to be a missing link between naked amoebae and testate amoebae. Phase contrast microscopy.