Acanthocystis penardi
Wailes 1925
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).
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Other endosymbioses
Acanthocystis penardi Wailes ?,
cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=,
x 640, Block 2-4, Kashibaru marsh, Karatsu city, Saga Pref., Japan, September 9, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
Block 2-4, Kashibaru marsh, Karatsu city, Saga Pref., Japan, September 9, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
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