Image of Amoeba proteus

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Amoeba proteus Amoeba proteus with numerous crystals showing typical polypodial movement. Scale bar indicates 200 µm. 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.Image under Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA). Place name: Pond Suploch, Hiddensee (Germany) Latitude: 54.538638 Longitude: 13.097802 Amoeba proteus mit zahlreichen Kristallen und typischer polypodialer Bewegung. Der Messbalken zeigt 200 µm. Probe aus einem kleinen Süßwasserteich auf der Insel Hiddensee, der eine faszinierende Vielfalt von nackten und beschalten Amöben beherbergt. Mikrotechnik: Zeiss Universal, Kamera: Olympus C7070. Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA). For permission to use of (high-resolution) images please contact postmaster@protisten.de.