Reticulopods - Reticulopods

Japanese: 網状仮足 - あみじょうかそく
Reticulopods - Reticulopods

...These protruding parts are called pseudopodia because they look like feet. The shape and number of pseudopodia vary depending on the species of amoeba, and include lamellipodium, which has a rounded tip, filopodia, which is long and sharp, and reticulopodia, which is made up of fused pseudopodia that resemble a net. The axopodia of the heliozoa, another protozoan, have many radially extending axopodia that have a bundle of microtubules in the center.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "reticulopod" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この突き出した部分はあたかも足のように見えることから仮足とよばれる。仮足の形や数はアメーバの種によって異なり,仮足の先端が丸みを帯びている葉状仮足,細長く先端がとがっている糸状仮足,網の目のように仮足が融合している網状仮足などがある。また同じ原生動物の太陽虫の放射状に多数出ている有軸仮足は中心に微小管microtubuleの束を持っている。…

※「網状仮足」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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