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Heliozoea: Centrohelida

Acanthocystis sp.

Acanthocystis 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:
Other endosymbioses


Acanthocystis sp., cell body spherical, 53 μm in diam., long spines 30-35 μm long, short spines 11 μm long, x 640, Dojo-ike (pond), Norikura highland, Azumi, Matsumoto city (formerly Azumi village), Nagano Pref., Japan, June 8, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Acanthocystis Acanthocystis Acanthocystis

Images of collecting locality: Dojo-ike (pond), Norikura highland, Azumi, Matsumoto city (formerly Azumi village), Nagano Pref., Japan, June 8, 2006 by Y. Tsukii


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