Actinophrys

Actinophrys
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
Type species
Actinophrys sol
(Müller, 1773) Ehrenberg, 1830
Species
  • A. sol
  • A. pontica
  • A. salsuginosa
  • A. tauryanini
Synonyms
  • Trichoda Müller 1773 nomen oblitum
  • Peritricha Bory de St.Vincent 1824 nomen dubium non Stein 1859

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. It is classified within the monotypic family Actinophryidae.

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