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Spirotrichea: Stichotrichia: Stichotrichina: Spirofilidae

Stichotricha secunda
(Claparède & Lachmann, 1858) Perty, 1849

Family: Cirral files spiral obliquely around body.
Genus: Slender or ovoid or fusiform; usually 4 spiral rows of crri; sometimes tube-dwelling (Kudo, 1966). Body long with pointed anterior; loricate; posterior of body blunt, round (Illustrated Guide, 1985). S. gracilis posterior end pointed (Carey, 1992).

Species: 130-200 μm long; fresh water (Kudo, 1966).


Stichotricha secunda Perty, cell body μm long, μm wide, Japan, 1999 by Y. Tsukii


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