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Portrait of Actinophrys ingesting a rotifer. Prey is immobilized by axopodial extrusomes then engulfed by pseudopodial extensions from the cell. From freshwater pond near Boise, Idaho. Phase contrast. This image was taken by William Bourland. He now uses a Zeiss Axioskop 2 with Spot Insight and Spot Flex CCD cameras (Diagnostic Instruments). Image copyright: William Bourland, image used under license to MBL (micro*scope).

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Actinophrys

From the collection Freshwater and Terrestrial Microbes of Idaho (USA) and Elsewhere

Description of Actinophrys: 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 A. sol Ehrenberg, 1830.

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Actinophrys in other collections

Actinophrys sol, from Protozoan biomonitors in China	Actinophrys sol, from Protsville	Actinophrys sol, from Protsville	Actinophrys sol, from Protsville	Actinophrys sol, from Protsville
Actinophrys sol, from Protsville	Actinophrys sol, from Protsville	Actinophrys sol, from Protsville	Actinophrys sol, from Protsville	Actinophrys sol, from Protsville
Actinophrys sol, from Protsville	Actinophrys sol, from Protsville	Actinophrys sol, from Protsville drawings of freshwater protists	Actinophrys salsuginosa, from Lake Pontchartrain microbes	Actinophrys sol, from Limnic and marine Protists of Northern Germany and the Alps
Actinophrys sol, from Limnic and marine Protists of Northern Germany and the Alps	Actinophrys sol, from Protsville	Actinophrys, from Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming, USA)

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