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Detail of Pompholyxophrys, one of the heliozoon-like amoebae previously assigned to the order Rotosphaerida. Pompholyxophrys has a periplast composed of endogenously formed siliceous elements of a single type within a species. These are spherical in the type species P. punicea but may be ovoid (see images of P. ovuligera), discoid or bone-shaped. Radiating spicules are absent. This individual has completely retracted its filopodia. From standing freshwater near Boise, Idaho. Differential interference contrast
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- Life (creatures)
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Nucletmycea
- Rotosphaerida
- unclassified Rotosphaerida
- Pompholyxophrys
- Pompholyxophrys pumicea
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