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More about amoeba teeth
ByBruce Taylor May 31, 2025August 19, 2025

A couple of blog posts ago, I discussed some recent research suggesting that some testate amoebae use their shells for predation. Yesterday, I was looking at samples from Mer Bleue Bog, and came across some more specimens of the handsome amoeba I mentioned in that post, Netzelia corona. I took some time to look more…

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A new way of looking at the shells of arcellinid amoebae
ByBruce Taylor December 16, 2024December 16, 2024

Netzelia corona is a testate amoeba with “teeth” around the aperture of its shell. It also has some impressive spines jutting out from its posterior, which have obvious advantages as a defensive apparatus. But it’s the teeth that have always puzzled me. They’re very neatly made, featuring uniform lobes of organic cement from which tiny,…

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Jeffrey Silverman on More about amoeba teethAugust 18, 2025
That's amazing. Can't be just chance. But to borrow a line from an old gag: "how does it know?".
Carl Seaquist on More about amoeba teethMay 31, 2025
Very cool!
Bruce Taylor on Out of Africa? A Ciliate Turns Up on the Wrong Side of the AtlanticMarch 23, 2025
Congrats on a cool find, Kenneth!
Kenneth Kneidel on Out of Africa? A Ciliate Turns Up on the Wrong Side of the AtlanticMarch 17, 2025
Let it be known that I may have uncovered a population of L. rex in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, see…
Harry Mueller on A new way of looking at the shells of arcellinid amoebaeDecember 18, 2024
An interesting and very plausible proposition. Once I get my mind around the fact that these little one celled creatures…