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Issue: Vol. 5692 No. 3: 15 Sept. 2025
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2025-09-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.3.12
Page range: 597-600
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First record of Acanthocystis nichollsi (Centroplasthelida: Panacanthocystida) from freshwater in Japan

Laboratory of Preservation and Renewal of Biodiversity; Institute for Evolutionary Ecology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; Acad. Lebedev street; 37; 03143; Kyiv; Ukraine; Department of Biology; Graduate School of Science; Kobe University; 1-1 Rokkodai-cho; Nada-ku; Kobe; 657-8501; Japan
Department of Biology; Graduate School of Science; Kobe University; 1-1 Rokkodai-cho; Nada-ku; Kobe; 657-8501; Japan
Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology; Shimane University; 1060 Nishikawatsu-cho; Matsue; 690-8504; Japan
Department of Biology; Graduate School of Science; Kobe University; 1-1 Rokkodai-cho; Nada-ku; Kobe; 657-8501; Japan; Laboratory of Radiation Technology; Institute of Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; Nauky avenue; 46; Kyiv; 03028; Ukraine
Protist Centroplasthelida Panacanthocystida Acanthocystis nichollsi

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How to Cite

Gaponova, L., Suzaki, T., Ishida, H. & Kolosiuk, A. (2025) First record of Acanthocystis nichollsi (Centroplasthelida: Panacanthocystida) from freshwater in Japan. Zootaxa, 5692 (3), 597–600. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.3.12