Acanthopodina
Also known asAcanthopodinas
Definition
A suborder of ameboid protozoa. Characteristics include subpseudopodia that are more or less finely tipped, occasionally filiform, commonly furcate hyaline, and produced from a broad hyaline lobe. Cysts are usually formed and nuclear division is mesomitotic or metamitotic.
MeSH classification
- B01.046.500.100.075
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Source: NIH MeSH 2026 (D016842) — National Library of Medicine, public domain. View official MeSH record ↗