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Heliozoea: Centrohelida

Acanthocystis turfacea
Carter, 1863

Acanthocystis turfacea Genus: Free-living; skeleton with or without coat; cuirass made of scales and of the basal part of the spicules; coat indistinguishable (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Siliceous scales arranged tangentially and radiating siliceous spines with pointed or bifurcated ends; (Kudo, 1966).
Species: Body contains zoochlorellae; long & short glassy spicules (How to know the protozoa, 1979).


Acanthocystis turfacea Carter (or A. nichollsi Siemensma & Roijackers 1988 ?), cell body 40 μm in diam., axopodia up to μm long, siliceous spines with bifurcated ends 6-30 μm long, x 640, Numa-no-hara marsh (Genseikaen), Madarao highland (Niigata & Nagano Pref.), Myoko village, Niigata Pref., Japan, May 15, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Acanthocystis turfacea Carter ?, cell body 42 μm long 38 μm wide, axopodia up to μm long, siliceous spines with bifurcated ends 5-25 μm long, x 640, Numa-no-hara marsh (Genseikaen), Madarao highland (Niigata & Nagano Pref.), Myoko village, Niigata Pref., Japan, May 15, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Acanthocystis Acanthocystis Acanthocystis Acanthocystis Acanthocystis Acanthocystis


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