Protozoa Guide review

Actinophrys

genus / CENTROHELIDA / ACTINOPHRYIDAE

Description

Spherically symmetrical heliozoa with a large central nucleus. May have a layer of peripheral vacuoles after feeding . Axonemes terminate on the nucleus. Several species; type-species freshwater . References : Mignot (1979, 1980a , 198Gb) , Patterson (1979) . ast

Type species

Actinophrys sol Ehrenberg, 1830

Figures

Figure 15
Fig. 15
Actinophrys sol (after Grenacher, 1869) .

Raw text

Spherically symmetrical heliozoa with a large
central nucleus. May have a layer of peripheral
vacuoles after feeding . Axonemes terminate on the
nucleus. Several species; type-species
freshwater . References : Mignot (1979, 1980a ,
198Gb) , Patterson (1979) .
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