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This drawing was made by Alastair Simpson. Image copyright: Alastair Simpson, image used under license to MBL (micro*scope).
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Nuclearia
From the collection
Drawings of amoebae with uncertain affinities
| Description of Nuclearia: Amoeboid organism with thin thread-like (filose) non-granular non-anastomosing pseudopodia, body shape flattened or spherical (ish). If flat, the pseudopodia emerge from the anterior margin, if spherical pseudopodia tend to emerge from all over the body. Cell body without covering or with mucus layer. May form organic walled (mucus-sheath) cysts. A member of the naked filose amoebae or nucleariid filose amoebae (also called the Cristidiscoidea) many of which were previously classified among with the heliozoa as Rotosphaerids. Typically without colour (cf. vampyrellids with which they have previously been classified). Ultrastructural studies revealed their distinctive identity. Found rarely. Phagotrophic, food generally seems to be algae. Genus revised by Patterson (1984) to accommodate species previously assigned to Astrodisculus, Nuclearella, Nuclearina,. Heliosphaerium and Nucleosphaerium. |
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Nuclearia in other collections
Nuclearia delicatula, from
Protozoan biomonitors in China
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Nuclearia simplex, from
Microbes of Beauchamp wetlands
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Nuclearia simplex, from
Protsville
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Nuclearia simplex, from
Protsville
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Nuclearia, from
Protsville drawings of freshwater protists
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Nuclearia simplex, from
Limnic and marine Protists of Northern Germany and the Alps
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Nuclearia simplex, from
Lake Toolik, Arctic Alaska
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Nuclearia moebiusi, from
Protsville
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Nuclearia, from
Audley Bottom
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Nuclearia, from
ATOL protistology workshop 2005
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Nuclearia, from
Lake Toolik, Arctic Alaska
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Nuclearia, from
Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming, USA)
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Nuclearia delicatula, from
Lake Donghu, China
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Nuclearia, from
Prawn Farm, Queensland, Australia
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Nuclearia, from
Lake Donghu, China
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Nuclearia, from
Lake Donghu, China
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