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Description:

Nuclearia , nucleariid filose amoebae with thin pseduopodia. This is one of the smaller species, either N. moebiusi or N. simplex. There is a large nucleus with a dark spherical nucleolus and to the right is a contractile vacuole. The fine pseudopodia extend from the front of the cell (upper left) and are withdrawn from the back of the cell. From Lake Donghu, China. Phase contrast micrograph.