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). |
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Acanthocystis turfacea Carter,
cell body spherical, 53 μm in diam., ciliceous spines with bifurcated ends,
long spines 38 μm long, short spines 12 μm long,
x 640, Oyomi marsh, Hakuba village, Nagano Pref., Japan, May 8, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Cell body spherical, μm in diam., spines μm long, x 640
Images of collecting locality:
Oyomi marsh, Hakuba village, Nagano Pref., Japan, May 8, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
