Euglypha
This is a sample of Euglypha from an industrial water
source.
Transmitted Oblique Illumination
Definition/Function:
Significance in the Environment:
Characteristic Features:
This small species of Euglypha has a body composed of overlapping silica plates. The
scales are about 5 to 7 micrometers in diameter and only
a few tenths of a micrometer in thickness. The opening at the bottom of the cast is
jagged as a result
of the terminal scales projecting along the opening.
Associated Particles:
References:
Jahn, T. L., HOW TO KNOW THE PROTOZOA, Wm. C. Brown Co. Publ., p. 128, 1949.
Scott, DAVID B., FRANCO S. Medioli, and Charles T. Schafer, MONITORING IN COASTAL
ENVIRONMENTS USING FORAMINIFERA AND THECAMOEBIAN INDICATORS,
Cambridge University Press, 2001.