sarcodine

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Noun1.sarcodine - protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopods
sarcodinian
protozoan, protozoon - any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic
class Sarcodina, Sarcodina - characterized by the formation of pseudopods for locomotion and taking food: Actinopoda; Rhizopoda
actinopod - protozoa having stiff rodlike radiating pseudopods
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Most notably, protozoa within the subphylum Sarcomastigophora (the foraminifera, radiolaria, and acantharia; collectively referred to as "sarcodine protozoa") exist in symbioses with a wide array of algae (Anderson, 1983; Lee and McEnery, 1983; Caron and Swanberg, 1990; Michaels, 1991).
Patterns of sarcodine feeding in epipelagic oceanic plankton.
We molecularly identified several taxonomically different algae that form symbioses in the planktonic sarcodines. Dinofiagellates are the most common of these, but we also found prymnesiophyte and prasinophyte algae.
Isolation of symbiotically expressed genes from the dinoflagellate symbiont of the solitary radiolarian Thalassicolla nucleata
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