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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., with endosymbiotic Chlorella, cell body μm in diam., x 400, x 640, Kurihashi, Saitama Pref., Japan, July 2001 by Y. Tsukii
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