spines
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. 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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