Acanthophractida

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Acanthophractida
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
SAR
(unranked):
Rhizaria
Phylum:
Retaria
Subphylum:
Radiolaria
Class:
Acantharea
Order:
Acanthophractida

Acanthophractida is an order of marine radiolarians in the subclass Acantharia; skeleton includes a latticework shell and skeletal rods. [1] They have a latticework shell, which can be spherical or ovoid and fused with the skeletal rods. The shell is concentric with the central capsule. "The body is usually covered with a single or double gelatinous sheath through which the skeletal rods emerge". [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Protozoans".
  2. ↑ Hall, Richard P. (2012). "Acanthophractida" . Access Science. doi:10.1036/1097-8542.002200.
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