Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>It's time to consider the Arcellinida shell as a weapon <a href="https://www.isep-protists.com/post/arcellinida-shell-weapon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">isep-protists.com/post/arcelli</span><span class="invisible">nida-shell-weapon</span></a> </p><p>"why is there such a large morphological diversity in shell-bearing <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/amoebae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amoebae</span></a> and what is the function of shells anyway? We knew for a long time that <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Arcellinida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arcellinida</span></a> are masters of the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/cytoskeleton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cytoskeleton</span></a> as they use it to build their elaborate shells. It was unknown that they use both, the cytoskeleton and shell, in combination to function as small apex <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/predators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>predators</span></a> in their systems."</p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protists</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ISEPpapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISEPpapers</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microbes</span></a></p>