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Heliozoea: Centrohelida

 Raphidiophrys capitata
Siemensma & Roijackers 1988

Raphidiophrys capitata Genus: Free-living; skeleton with or without coat; spicules included in a coat more or less visible; radial siliceous spicules; ordered spicules (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Mucilaginous envelope with spindle-shaped or discoidal spicules which extend normally outwards along pseudopodia (Kudo, 1966).
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Raphidiophrys capitata Siemensma & Roijackers 1988, cell body 35 μm in diam., coats about 6 μm in thickness, axopodia up to 70 μm wide, x 640, Futayo-no-ike (pond) near Haguro mountain, Haguro town, Yamagata Pref., Japan, July 10, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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