Helicostomella subulata

tintinnid

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use of encystment

  • Noctiluca scintillans
    In protozoan: Adaptations

    Helicostomella subulata, for example, excysts in June in temperate waters and becomes numerous from July through October. It encysts again in October, sinking to the sediments, where it remains until the following year. The cyst is a normal part of the annual life cycle, and…

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