Actinophrys
| Actinophrys | |
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| Actinophrys undergoing multiple plasmotomy | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Phylum: | Ochrophyta |
| Class: | Raphidomonadea |
| Order: | Actinophryida |
| Suborder: | Actinophryina |
| Family: | Actinophryidae Dujardin, 1841 |
| Genus: | Actinophrys Ehrenberg, 1830 |
| Type species | |
| Actinophrys sol (Müller, 1773) Ehrenberg, 1830 | |
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Actinophrys is a genus of heliozoa, amoeboid unicellular organisms with many axopodial filaments that radiate out of their cell. It contains one of the most common heliozoan species, Actinophrys sol. It is classified within the monotypic family Actinophryidae.