INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY - H. I. Shcherbak - 2008

PROTISTS - PROTISTA

PROTOZOA

SARCODINA

PHYLUM AMOEBOZOA

RADIOLARIANS

CLASS POLYCYSTINEA

Polycystineans feature a complex, delicate silica Skeleton (SіO2), though non-skeletal forms also occur among them. The microtubules in their axopodia are arranged in a hexagonal pattern. A representative species of this Class is Calocyclus monumentum (Fig. 25, b).



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