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Litostomatea: Haptoria: Pleurostomatida: Amphileptidae

Loxophyllum niemeccense
(Stein, 1859) Kahl, 1931

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).


Loxophyllum sp.2, cell body μm long, μm wide, Japan, 1998 by Y. Tsukii


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