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Topic: Heliozoa

I do not seem able to find heliozoans on the UKSI list.
I am informed that there are about twenty species which are found in Sphagnum.

Please can you add
Acanthocystis turfacea Carter, 1863.
Ref: WORMS http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php? … ;id=341765

As we have an abundance of Sphagnum - more species may follow.

Many thanks

Christine

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Re: Heliozoa

That was a good one, resulting in a lot of extra levels :)

Heliozoa
tvk NHMSYS0021180118

Centrohelida
tvk NHMSYS0021180123

Acanthocistidae
tvk NHMSYS0021180133
=Acanthocystidae
tvk NHMSYS0021180128

Acanthocystis Carter, 1863
tvk NHMSYS0021180138

Acanthocystis turfacea Carter, 1863
tvk NHMSYS0021180143

I'm not 100% sure that I have classed them correctly because the taxonomy seems quite confused between sources, but it will do for now :)

Chris Raper, Manager of the UK Species Inventory, Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity,
Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD.  (tel: 020 7942 5894)
also Tachinid Recording Scheme (http://tachinidae.org.uk/)

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Re: Heliozoa

It's the wriggly ones that cause all the problems!
Hunting micro-beasties in sphagnum is the new winter sport in this part of the world.

Many thanks

Christine