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Heliozoa

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He`li`o`zo´a
n. pl.1.(Zool.) An order of fresh-water rhizopods having a more or less globular form, with slender radiating pseudopodia; the sun animalcule.
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Noun1.Heliozoa - mostly freshwater protozoa
order Heliozoa
animal order - the order of animals
Actinopoda, subclass Actinopoda - heliozoans; radiolarians
heliozoan - protozoa with spherical bodies and stiff radiating pseudopods
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Six taxa of siliceous scale-bearing heliozoa belonging to the genera Acanthocystis, Pinaciophora, Pterocystis, Raphidocystis and Raphidiophrys were observed from various northern Indiana freshwater sites.
Freshwater heliozoa (protista, heliozoa) from Indiana by Wujek, Daniel E. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
Petersen and Hansen (1960) were the first to describe new species of heliozoa based on electron microscopy of scales.
Freshwater scaled heterotrophic protistans from four Gulf States, ... by Wujek, Daniel E. / Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science
 
 
 
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