Clathrella (clath-rell-a), tentative identification, amoeboid organism located within a thick layer of mucus with fine pseudopodia which seem stiff and apparently with granules. A bit like heliozoa and less like Nuclearia. Phase contrast.
Clathrella (clath-rell-a) - identification uncertain. Small amoeba located within a mucus sheath with delicate stiffened pseudopodia. Phase contrast. Material from Nymph Creek and Nymph Lake, thermal sites within Yellowstone National Park, photograph by Kathy Sheehan and David Patterson.