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Actinomonas

Actinomonas Kent, 1880-81 (ref. ID; 6733)

Straminopiles: Pedinellales Zimmermann et al., 1984 (= Ciliophryida Febvre-Chevalier, 1985) (ref. ID; 5772)

[ref. ID; 1618]
Generally spheroidal, with a single flagellum and radiating pseudopods; ordinarily attached to foreign object with a cytoplasmic process, but swims freely by withdrawing it; nucleus central; several contractile vacuoles; holozoic. (ref. ID; 1618)
  1. Actinomonas mirabilis Kent, 1880 (ref. ID; 5772) reported year? (ref. ID; 1618) reported author and year? (ref. ID; 7455)

Actinomonas mirabilis Kent, 1880 (ref. ID; 5772) reported year? (ref. ID; 1618) reported author and year? (ref. ID; 7455)

Descriptions

Numerous simple filopodia; fresh water. (ref. ID; 1618)
Grazing behavior. (ref. ID; 7455)

Measurements

About 10 um in diameter; flagellum 20 um long. (ref. ID; 1618)