dcsimg
 
  en  
names in breadcrumbs
Image of Pinaciophora Greeff 1873
Creatures » … » Rotosphaerida

Pinaciophora Greeff 1873

English
show all English Korean Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan
filter by provider
show all BioPedia wikipedia EN

Description of Pinaciophora

provided by BioPedia
Filose amoebae 15-80 microns across, covered by a layer of tangential plate scales penetrated by several large pores and numerous small hexagonal pores (visible only by electron microscopy). Normally consume detritus and algae.
license
cc-by-nc
author
biopedia
provider
BioPedia
original
visit source
partner site
BioPedia

Pinaciophora

provided by wikipedia EN

Pinaciophora is an amoeboid genus of Heliozoa of uncertain affinity, previously classified as Rhizaria.[1]

It includes the species Pinaciophora fluviatilis.[2]

It was placed before in Nucleariida.[3]

References

  1. ^ Yabuki A, Chao EE, Ishida KI, Cavalier-Smith T (2012). "Microheliella maris (Microhelida ord. n.), an Ultrastructurally Highly Distinctive New Axopodial Protist Species and Genus, and the Unity of Phylum Heliozoa". Protist. 163 (3): 356–388. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2011.10.001. ISSN 1434-4610. PMID 22153838.
  2. ^ Croome, R. L.; van den Hoff, J.; Burton, H. R. (1987). "Observations of the heliozoean genera Pinaciophora and Acanthocystis (Heiliozoea, Sarcodina, Protozoa) from Ellis Fjord, Antarctica". Polar Biology. 8: 23–28. doi:10.1007/BF00297160.
  3. ^ Cavalier-Smith, Thomas; Chao, Ema E. (2012). "Oxnerella micra sp. n. (Oxnerellidae fam. n.), a Tiny Naked Centrohelid, and the Diversity and Evolution of Heliozoa". Protist. 163 (4): 574–601. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2011.12.005. PMID 22317961.
license
cc-by-sa-3.0
copyright
Wikipedia authors and editors
original
visit source
partner site
wikipedia EN

Pinaciophora: Brief Summary

provided by wikipedia EN

Pinaciophora is an amoeboid genus of Heliozoa of uncertain affinity, previously classified as Rhizaria.

It includes the species Pinaciophora fluviatilis.

It was placed before in Nucleariida.

license
cc-by-sa-3.0
copyright
Wikipedia authors and editors
original
visit source
partner site
wikipedia EN
EOL is hosted by: