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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 ?, cell body 35 μm in diam., axopodia up to μm long, siliceous spines with bifurcated ends (?) up to 5-18 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, cell body 30 μm in diam., axopodia up to 50 μm long, siliceous spines with bifurcated ends 4-25 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


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