Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Observations on Acanthocystis pectinata

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Acanthocystis pectinata Penard, 1889, emend. Siemensma & Roijackers, 1988

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym:  n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: n.a.

Acanthocystis pectinata

Sampling date 11/2009. Scale bar indicates 25 µm.

The image shows the two types of actinomorphic siliceous spines (the shorter type is forked) and the tangential scales. Nucleus is clearly shown together with some colored food vacuoles.

Place name: Bog Dosenmoor near Neumuenster (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Latitude: 54.136219     Longitude: 10.026433

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ.

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