portrait

Description:

This species has been moved from genus Difflugia to Netzelia (family Lesqueruesiidae). Most of the agglutinated particles are silicious idiosoms, all xenosomes are covered with silica.

The texture of the test and the outline of the pseudostome collar of Netzelia tuberculata are (according to R. Meisterfeld) very variable. This multi layer image was built up using 17 brightfield frames with a manual stacking technique using Corel Photopaint.

 The specimen was gathered in a tiny freshwater pond at the island of Hiddensee (Baltic Sea, Germany) which shows a fascinating biodiversity of naked and testate amoebae. Images were taken using Zeiss Standard with Olympus C7070 CCD camera.