Testate Amoeba

Thanks for adding Cindy 's information here Lisa.

Congrats! This spotting was featured as a PN Fun Fact: https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah/photos/a.10150595289465603.674700.10150120463815603/10154412822155603/?type=1&theater Project Noah Fun Fact: No, the testate amoeba is not known for taking tests or for it's male reproductive parts. Sea urchins, and some microorganisms, like testate amoebae, have a test, which means a shell. They are heterotrophic (hetero = different, trophic = of or relating to feeding and nutrition), meaning they cannot fix carbon and uses organic carbon for growth. They capture their food (algae, bacteria, other protozoans, and tiny particles of dead plant or animal matter) through a process called phagocytosis (phago =eating, devouring, cytosis = a cell's condition) where they engulf food using their pseudopod (false foot).