- A pseudopod' or ' (pl.:
pseudopods or pseudopodia) is a
temporary arm-like
projection of a
eukaryotic cell
membrane that is
emerged in the
direction of...
- environments. They tend to be
roughly spherical with
radially directed axopods,
supported by
microtubules in a triangular-hexagonal
array arising from...
-
bilaterally symmetric shape,
somewhat flattened and
widened at the front. The
axopods are
arranged into
distinct rows, six of
which lie in a
dorsal groove and...
- flow
involves the slow
movement of a prey item
along the
surface of the
axopod as the
ectoplasm itself moves,
while rapid axopodial contraction involves...
- spherical,
usually around 30–80 μm in diameter, and
covered with long
radial axopods,
narrow cellular projections that
capture food and
allow mobile forms to...
-
reticulose pseudopods,
common as
marine benthos Radiolaria –
amoeboids with
axopods,
common as
marine plankton A few
other groups may be
included in the Cercozoa...
- pseudopods, and the
others let
through bundles of
microtubules that
support the
axopods.
Unlike true radiolarians,
there are no cross-bridges
between them. They...
- a
heliozoan feeding stage,
where the body is
contracted with
extended axopods all over its surface, and the
flagellum is
curled up into a
tight figure...
- were once
considered heliozoa, but they do not have microtubule-supported
axopods and so are now
considered filose amoeboids instead. The
heliozoa are a...
-
Vorticella can
occur at
rates of 8 cm/s. In some
species of heliozoa,
axopods can
completely retract within 20 ms in
order to draw in
trapped prey for...
