actinophryidæ love

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from The Century Dictionary.

  • A family of endoplastic rhizopods, typified by the genus Actinophrys (which see), referred to the order Heliozoa or constituting an order Phlœophora (Carus), and containing organisms known as heliozoans or sun-animalcules. Other genera than Actinophrys placed in this family are Ciliophrys and Actinosphærium (which see).

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