The xenosoms in the test of Difflugia acuminata , which originate from , are clearly visible. The picture was built up using 13 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.
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Wolfgang Bettighofer, www.protisten.de.
