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Prostomatea: Prorodontida: Colepidae
Coleps spetai
Foissner
Genus: Body form barrel-shaped; with regularly arranged ectoplasmic plates; cytostome at
anterior end, surrounded by slightly longer cilia; often spinous projection at or near posterior end;
one or more long caudal cilia (Kudo, 1966).
Species:
Coleps spetai Foissner (identified by Dirk Klos),
cell body 56 μm long,
12 longitudinal rows of plates, 15 circular rows,
x 400, x 640, U.S.A., 1999, photo by Y. Tsukii
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