AuthorLeidy, J.
Year1879
TitleFresh-water rhizopods of North America
TypeBook/Report
How CompleteAll the North American species known at the time
Source324+48 platespp, United States Geological Survey
IllustrationsColoured drawings
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

An early account of freshwater rhizopods with exquisite hand-coloured plates.

Downloadable from BHL - download the zip file for the high resolution scans of the colour plates.

Examine Compound Microscope ( with a Microscope using 100x oil-immersion is also useful)
Website urlwww.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/118510#page/9/mode/1up

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationSupersededSARCODINAamoebae, rhizopodsProtozoa
For identificationSupersededTESTACEATestate amoebaeProtozoa
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