Actinophrys | |
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Actinophrys undergoing multiple plasmotomy | |
Scientific 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]