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Definition of Heliozoa
1. Noun. Mostly freshwater protozoa.
Exact synonyms: Order Heliozoa
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Actinopoda, Subclass Actinopoda
Member holonyms: Heliozoan
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Actinopoda, Subclass Actinopoda
Member holonyms: Heliozoan
Definition of Heliozoa
1. n. pl. An order of fresh-water rhizopods having a more or less globular form, with slender radiating pseudopodia; the sun animalcule.
Medical Definition of Heliozoa
1. Order Heliozoida. A group of amoeboid protozoa. They are generally free floating, spherical cells with many straight, slender microtubule supported pseudopods radiating from the cell body like a sunburst. These modified pseudopods are termed axopodia. Genera include Actinophrys and Echinosphaerium. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)