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Image of Acanthocystis Carter 1863

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Portrait of Acanthocystis turfacea (Carter, 1863), a centroheliozoon with tangentially layered siliceous scales and two types of forked radial siliceous spines (one short, the other long) and radiating axopodia with extrusomes, all visible in this image. Chlorella endosymbionts are present. From standing fresh water near Boise, Idaho. Brightfield.

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William Bourland
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