Antique engraved illustration of a radiolaria - Actinomma. Vintage illustration of a radiolaria - Actinomma. Old picture. Book illustration published 1907. The Radiolaria, also called Radiozoa, are protozoa of diameter – mm that produce intricate mineral skeletons, typically with a central capsule dividing the cell into the inner and outer portions of endoplasm and ectoplasm. The elaborate mineral skeleton is usually made of silica. They are found as zooplankton throughout the global ocean. As zooplankton, radiolarians are primarily heterotrophic, but many have photosynthetic endosymbion
Antique engraved illustration of a radiolaria - Actinomma. Vintage illustration of a radiolaria - Actinomma. Old picture. Book illustration published 1907. The Radiolaria, also called Radiozoa, are protozoa of diameter – mm that produce intricate mineral skeletons, typically with a central capsule dividing the cell into the inner and outer portions of endoplasm and ectoplasm. The elaborate mineral skeleton is usually made of silica. They are found as zooplankton throughout the global ocean. As zooplankton, radiolarians are primarily heterotrophic, but many have photosynthetic endosymbionts and are, therefore, considered mixotrophs. The skeletal remains of some types of radiolarians make up a large part of the cover of the ocean floor as siliceous ooze. Due to their rapid change as species and intricate skeletons, radiolarians represent an important diagnostic fossil found from the Cambrian onwards.
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