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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).
Other endosymbioses


Acanthocystis turfacea Carter, cell body spherical, 44 μm in diam., siliceous spines up to 37 μm long, x 640, Onnenai, Kushiro marsh, Kushiro city, Hokkaido, Japan, October 16, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
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Acanthocystis turfacea Acanthocystis turfacea Acanthocystis turfacea Acanthocystis turfacea
Cell body spherical, μm in diam., siliceous spines μm long, x 640
Acanthocystis turfacea Acanthocystis turfacea Acanthocystis turfacea Acanthocystis turfacea
Cell body spherical, μm in diam., siliceous spines μm long, x 640
Acanthocystis turfacea Acanthocystis turfacea Acanthocystis turfacea

Acanthocystis turfacea Carter, cell body spherical, 38 μm in diam., siliceous spines up to 27 μm long, x 640, Onnenai, Kushiro marsh, Kushiro city, Hokkaido, Japan, October 16, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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