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The gymnosphaerids (or Gymnosphaerida) are a small group of heliozoan protists found in marine environments. They tend to be roughly spherical with radially directed axopods, supported by microtubules in a triangular-hexagonal array arising from an amorphous central granule. ==Genera== There are only three genera, each with a single species: ''Gymnosphaera albida'', ''Hedraiophrys hovassei'', and ''Actinocoryne contractilis''. *''Gymnosphaera albida'' is free-living, usually benthic in shallow water. The cells are round and naked, around 70-100 μm in diameter, and resemble the unrelated ''Actinosphaerium''. The outer cytoplasm, or ectoplasm, forms a distinct layer containing large vesicles. *''Hedraiophrys hovassei'' is larger and lives attached to algae and other objects. The cells have a conical base, and are covered with long siliceous spicules. The ectoplasm is distinct and frothy, and typically contains bacterial and algal endosymbionts. *''Actinocoryne contractilis'' is benthic. When feeding, it has a multinucleate base and a contractile stalk up to 150 μm in length, supporting a relatively small uninucleate head, where the central granule and axopods are located. It may move about in a headless amoeboid form. Reproduction is either by budding off the head or fragmentation of the headless form, producing small free-living cells similar to ''Gymnosphaera'', which then attach themselves and regrow the stalk and base. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gymnosphaerid」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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