Euglypha compressa (testate amoeba)

Образовательные видео в паблике Euglypha tests are composed of overlapping scales, each one a perfectly positioned oval. I find it quite wonderful that something as squishy, oozy and polymorphous as an amoeba can create such a geometrically regular structure. There are 3 specimens in this video. The last one suffered a convenient accident, which left us with an unobstructed view of the test. Because of differential pressure under the coverslip, the enitire organism was sucked from its