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Heliozoea: Centrohelida

 Acanthocystis sp.

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:
Other endosymbioses

Acanthocystis sp. ?, cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, x 640, No. 5, Miyatoko marsh, Minami-Aizu town, Fukushima Pref., Japan, June 15, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
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Acanthocystis sp. ?, cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, x 640, No. 4, Miyatoko marsh, Minami-Aizu town, Fukushima Pref., Japan, June 15, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
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Images of collecting locality: No. 5, Miyatoko marsh, Minami-Aizu town, Fukushima Pref., Japan, June 15, 2008 by Y. Tsukii

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