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Colpodea: Cyrtolophosidida: Cyrtolophosididae

Cyrtolophosis mucicola
Stokes, 1885

Genus: Ovoid, inhabiting a mucilaginous sac or lorica; vestibulum large and shallow, occupying 1/3 of ventral surface; on the right of the vestibulum lie a short row of long curved cilia; a macronucleus; contractile vacuole subterminal (Carey, 1992).
Species:


Cyrtolophosis sp., cell body μm long, μm wide, cytostome μm long, Japan, 1999 by Y. Tsukii


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