Actinosphaerium, clip 1

Group: Sun animalcules · Heliozoans (Actinosphaerium, Actinophrys)

What you see

Recorded on 14 August 2014. This loop is the whole 0:22 recording.

Points to check against your own sample:

  • Spherical body with fine radiating axopods, each with a stiff inner core.
  • Frothy, bubbly outer cytoplasm.

Full description and look-alikes: Sun animalcules.

Credit line

Video: Jon Houseman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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