Protozoa Guide review

Echinocystis

genus / CENTROHELIDA / ACANTHOCYSTIDAE

Description

Centroheliozoa with a periplast of internal tangential plate-scales and external radial spicules . The radial spicules have a shaft with 2 lateral wings extending along it , and a basal wing oriented perpendicular to the lateral ones. Eight freshwater , rarely brackish , species. References : Mikrjukov (1997) , Siemensma (1991 ) , Vc?HS (1992) . periplast (after Sie mensma , 1991 ).

Type species

Echinocystis erinaceoides (Petersen & Hansen , 1960) Mikrjukov, 1997

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Centroheliozoa with a periplast of internal
tangential plate-scales and external radial
spicules . The radial spicules have a shaft with 2
lateral wings extending along it , and a basal wing
oriented perpendicular to the lateral ones. Eight
freshwater , rarely brackish , species.
References : Mikrjukov (1997) , Siemensma
(1991 ) , Vc?HS (1992) .
periplast (after Sie mensma , 1991 ).