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Nassophorea: Peniculida: Frontoniina: Frontoniidae

Disematostoma minor
Lauterborn, 1894

Genus: Striated sutural regions dorsal and to rear of cytoproct; body tapers to rear from 3 sides (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Broadly rounded anterior end and bluntly pointed narrow posterior end; sausage-form macronucleus; a micronucleus; contractile vacuole middle of body with collecting canals; fresh water (Kudo, 1966).
Buccal structure is well-stained by azure C (Y. Tsukii, 2000).

Species: Cell body 75 μm; long (Kahl, 1930).


Disematostoma minor Lauterborn, cell body 100 μm long, 60 μm wide, x 400, x 640, Vermont-Maine U.S.A., August 7-13, 1999, by Y. Tsukii


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