Genus: Body form barrel-shaped; with regularly arranged ectoplasmic plates; cytostome at
anterior end, surrounded by slightly longer cilia; often spinous projection at or near posterior end;
one or more long caudal cilia (Kudo, 1966).
Species: Cell body 50-70 μm long, 35-55 μm wide;
ridges of main plates distinctly crenellated and wing-like;
one large spine at anterior collateral plate and four spines at rear end
(Foissner et al., Ciliate-Atlas, 1994).
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