Actinolophus

Description

Stalked heliozoa with a pyriform 'head' at the top of a cylindrical , non-contractile , cytoplasmic stalk, which seems to be hollow . The center of the 'head' includes a homogeneous, pear-shaped axoplast; the nucleus is eccentric but in the 'head '. The axonemes support axopodia and also extend into the stalk . The 'head ' is covered by a gelatinous layer. Monotypic , marine . Reference : Villeneuve (1937) .

Type species

Actinolophus pedunculatus Schulze , 1874

Figures

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Raw text

Stalked heliozoa with a pyriform 'head' at the top
of a cylindrical , non-contractile , cytoplasmic
stalk, which seems to be hollow . The center of the
'head' includes a homogeneous, pear-shaped
axoplast; the nucleus is eccentric but in the
'head '. The axonemes support axopodia and also
extend into the stalk . The 'head ' is covered by a
gelatinous layer. Monotypic , marine . Reference :
Villeneuve (1937) .