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Image of Thecamoebida

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Thecamoeba, a flattened naked amoeba with a cell covering of thick mucoprotein, which is thrown up into longitudinal folds. Locomotion is monopodial. The broadly rounded pseudopod has a prominent hyaline cap. Crystalline cytoplasmic inclusions and a large posterior contractile vacuole are seen in this image. The morphology of the nucleus, important for species identification, is not well seen here. From fresh water pond near Boise, Idaho. Phase contrast.

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William Bourland
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