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Observations on Acanthocystis penardi

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Acanthocystis penardi Wailes, 1925

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: n.a.

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

Acanthocystis penardi shows numerous siliceous spines and scales inserting and lying respectively upon the surface of the cell forming the periplast. The nucleus and several narrow axopodia are clearly visible, also a free swimming Lagenoeca ovata and a Chrysophyte called Chrysopyxis inaequalis fixed on a Tribonema filament with a mucilaginous string.

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

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ.

Sampling date 06/2007. Scale bar indicates 25 µm.

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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