Collected from the coastal waters (benthic domain) of the Bay of Bengal, please help me identify the specimens. Anyone? Guess these are teatae amoeba!
Dola:
Well I can guess that your image in frame 1 resembles a thecate Amoeba. In frame 2 resembles cyst of a dinoflagellate. See link:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235337495_Phylum_Amoebozoa_-_amoebas_pelobionts_slime_moulds_and_kin
Best
Syed
Chapter Phylum Amoebozoa - amoebas, pelobionts, slime moulds, and kin
The figs 1&2 could be dinoflagellate cysts as some geometrical opening is observed but not sure. The other two are unidentifiable. All the four figures are definitely not thecamoeba.
Hello Dola
I think the both 1st and 2nd image are of empty dinoflagellate cysts and the 2nd one is possibly of Gonyaulax sp. A better angle of the other two could give a better idea.
Good Luck
Manasi
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