Colpidium

Oligohymenophorea: Hymenostoamtida: Turaniellidae

Colpidium campylum
(Stokes, 1886) Bresslau






Family: Right ventral kineties curve left; twist forward parallel to anterior suture. (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Genus: Elongate reniform (kidney-shaped); typically one postoral ciliary row; cytostome small, triangular, 1/4 from anterior end toward right side; macronucleus rounded; a micronucleus; a contractile vacuole (Kudo, 1966).


Colpidium campylum, x 400, x 640, Uruguay Nov. 1999, photo by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640

Food vacuole formation

A dividing cell


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