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Heliozoea: Centrohelida

Choanocystis sp.

Choanocystis aculeata 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: Tangential scales stut and pointed; spines curved and nail-headed; a single contractile vacuole; diameter 35-40 μm; spines about 1/3 the body diameter (Kudo, 1966).


Choanocystis sp., cell body about 30 μm in diam., spiny projections 5-7 μm long, x 640, Southern lakeside of Lake Shirakaba, Tateshina town & Chino city, Nagano Pref., Japan, May 21, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Choanocystis Choanocystis


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