Family: Oral area subapical, ovoid, flattened, along ventral margin of laterally compressed body; both side ciliated (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Genus: Ventral side with a hyaline border, reaching posterior end and bearing trichocysts; dorsal side with either similar trichocyst-border or with trichocyst-warts (Kudo, 1966).

L. helus 5 clips 150-160 x 25-27 μm 2 Mac. Japan, 1998	L. helus 3 clips μm 2 Mac. Japan, 1998	L. niemeccense 2 clips μm 1 Mac. Japan, 1998
Loxophyllum sp.1 4 clips 44 x 16 μm Japan, 1998

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