
Species name: Acanthometron pellucidum
Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo Taniguchi Atsushi
Acanthometron pellucidum is a radiolarian often found in the seas about Japan. They have twenty spines that consist of strontium sulphate and radiating from the cell center as a cytoskeleton. In addition, they have axopod, inside of which microtubule bundle pass thorough, and move and catch food by using it. (30 times speed)
(2014.03.29)