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The Fascinating World of Amoebae
Himatismenida Page 1987
Dorsal surface covered with rigid coat without defined aperture; ventral surface naked.

1.0. Cochliopodiidae De Saedeleer 1934, emend. Page 1987

1.1. Cochliopodium Hertwig and Lesser 1874
Discus- or bell-shaped amoeba dorsal covered with a flexible layer of scales (tectum). In locomotion somewhat flattened and disc-like, with hyaloplasm extending as a veil surrounding a raised central or post central granuloplasmic mass.

The scales show a remarkable variety in their structure. Some genera have spines and some can form cysts. There are approximately 25 different species described. An overview of scales can be found here.
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Cochliopodium vestitum (Archer 1871) Kudryavtsev 2005

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Cochliopodium sp. with star-shaped pseudopodia.

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Cochliopodium spiniferum Kudryavtsev 2004

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Cochliopodium spiniferum showing an uroid.

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Cochliopodium larifeili Kudryavtsev 1999

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Cochliopodium actinophorum (Auerbach 1856) De Saedeleer 1934, emend. Kudryavtsev 2014

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Cochliopodium actinophorum with a scale being moved to the outside of the plasma body.

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Cochliopodium bilimbosum Auerbach 1856

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Cochliopodium sp. (undescribed)

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Cochliopodium sp. (undescribed)

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Cochliopodium sp. (undescribed)

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Cochliopodium sp. (undescribed)

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Cochliopodium sp. (undescribed)

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Cochliopodium sp. (undescribed)

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Cochliopodium sp. (undescribed)