Definition of Axopod. Meaning of Axopod. Synonyms of Axopod

- A pseudopod or pseudopodium (pl.: pseudopods or pseudopodia) is a temporary arm-like projection of a eukaryotic cell membrane that is emerged in the direction...
- 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...
- 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...
- were once considered heliozoa, but they do not have microtubule-supported axopods and so are now considered filose amoeboids instead. The heliozoa are a...
- 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...
- 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...
- environments. They tend to be roughly spherical with radially directed axopods, supported by microtubules in a triangular-hexagonal array arising from...
- pseudopods, and the others let through bundles of microtubules that support the axopods. Unlike true radiolarians, there are no cross-bridges between them. They...
- reticulose pseudopods, common as marine benthos Radiolaria – amoeboids with axopods, common as marine plankton A few other groups may be included in the Cercozoa...
- array, arise from a body near the flagellar bases and support the numerous axopods that project from the cell surface. Dimorphids have a single nucleus, and...