Family: Oral area subapical, ovoid, flattened, anlong ventral margin of laterally compressed body; both side ciliated (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Genus: Flask-shaped; elongate, flattened; anterior region neck-like; cilia only on right side; without trichocyst-borders; cytostome with trichocysts; two macronuclei (Kudo, 1966).

L. cygnus 3 clips μm Japan, 1998	L. cygnus 3 clips μm Japan, 1998	L. lamella ? 2 clips 138 μm Saitama, 1999
L. fasciola 5 clips conjugating pair μm Japan, 1998	Litonotus sp.2 6 clips μm Japan, 1998	Litonotus sp.1 5 clips 34 μm Japan, 1998
Litonotus sp.1 7 clips conjugating pair μm Japan, 1998

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