Spiky Heliozoan! (V2, lol)
Sep 08, 2025 • 11:27 PM UTC
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Michael Chung
Grad student in (bio)physics at UT Austin! Lover of all things creative, especially science 🔬🧬🧪
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Copied from other post: Crazy spiky protist! The spiky things are microtubule bundles used to hunt and move! This might be a centrohelid heliozoan, which produce “coats” that help hold their spines; this is the halo-like stuff near the base of the spikes. Interestingly, in centrohelids, their microtubule spines stem from a central structure known as a centroplast. In other heliozoa, this might not be the case. More to learn!
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