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Spirotrichea: Heterotrichia: Heterotrichida
Spirostomum minus
Roux
Genus: Body blunt at rear; kineties spiralled when body contracts (Illustrated Guide, 1985).@
Species: 500-600 μm long;
with slender, tapered "tail" (How to know the protozoa, 1979).
500-800 μm long;
macronucleus moniliform (Kudo, 1966).
Spirostomum minus,
cell body μm long, μm wide,
Japan, November 1998 by Y. Tsukii
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