centroplast
Description:
Acanthocystis turfacea (a-can-tho-sis-tis tur- fats-ee-a), a centrohelid heliozoon. Body coated with a layer of flattened siliceous scales and spine scales. Spine scales are of two lengths, and forked at their apices. Axonemes terminate on central granule or centroplast, shown here. This sample from moss. Differential interference contrast.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Haptista
- Centroplasthelida (Centrohelid)
- Acanthocystidae
- Acanthocystis
- Acanthocystis turfacea
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- David Patterson and Aimlee Laderman
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