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Litostomatea: Haptoria: Pleurostomatida: Litonotidae

Litonotus cygnus
(Mueller 1773) nov. comb.
Photos and identification by Dirk Klos
Wasserwirtschaftsamt Kempten (Bavarian authority for water resources management), Germany

Litonotus cygnus Genus: Flask-shaped; elongate, flattened; anterior region neck-like; cilia only on right side; without trichocyst-borders; cytostome with trichocysts; two macronuclei (Kudo, 1966).
Species: Long, thin and contractile; cell body is 200 μm long with a very long and thin neck region and pointed tail; laterally compressed; two macronuclei; a large contractile vacuole with small satellites (Carey, 1992). 500 μm long (Kahl, 1931).


Litonotus cygnus, (Mueller 1773) nov. comb., cell body 200-300 μm long, x 200, x 400, sewage plant , Bavaria, Germany, Nov. 2004 by Dirk Klos
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