Actinophrys

Actinophrys
Actinophrys undergoing multiple plasmotomy
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Raphidomonadea
Order: Actinophryida
Suborder: Actinophryina
Family: Actinophryidae
Dujardin, 1841
Genus: Actinophrys
Ehrenberg, 1830[1]
Type species
Actinophrys sol
(Müller, 1773) Ehrenberg, 1830[1]
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Actinophrys is a genus of heliozoa, amoeboid unicellular organisms with many axopodial filaments that radiate out of their cell. It contains one of the most common heliozoan species, Actinophrys sol.[2] It is classified within the monotypic family Actinophryidae.[3]

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