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Description:

Nuclearia (nuke-lee-air-ee-a) is a naked filose amoeba. It is referred to as naked because there is no lorica and wall, and filose because of the thread-like appearance of the pseudopodia. Normally consume algae and detritus. Phase contrast. Material from Nymph Creek and Nymph Lake, thermal sites within Yellowstone National Park, photograph by Kathy Sheehan and David Patterson.