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Litostomatea: Haptoria: Pharyngophorida: Tracheliidae

Dileptus
Dujardin, 1841 (1840 ?)

Family: Apical cytostome eccentric, oral dikinetids along extended flailing anterior end ("proboscis"); toxicysts on ventrum of proboscis.
Genus: Body long, rear usually pointed (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Elogate; snout or neck-like prolongation (proboscis) conspicuous; contractile vacuoles two or more (Kudo, 1966). Contractile vacuoles usually lie in a row along the dorsal surface (Carey, 1992).

D. monilatus ?
6 clips
μm
Japan, 1998

D. monilatus
4 clips
μm
Japan, 1998

D. monilatus
7 clips
μm
Japan, 1998

D. monilatus ?
4 clips
μm
Japan, 1998

D. monilatus ?
7 clips
μm
Japan, 1998

Dileptus sp.4
4 clips
μm
Japan, 1998

Dileptus sp.3
3 clips
proboscis truncated
(injured ?)
posterior pointed
Japan, 1998

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