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Litostomatea: Haptoria: Pleurostomatida: Amphileptidae

 Amphileptus meleagris
Ehrenberg, 1830
Syn.: Hemiophrys Wrzesniowski, 1870

Amphileptus Genus: Flask-shaped; ciliation uniform and complete; slit-like cytostome not reaching the middle of body, without trichocyst-borders; two or more macronuclei (Kudo, 1966). Many contractile vacuoles along both dorsal and ventral edges (Carey, 1992).
Species:

Amphileptus meleagris ?, cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, x 640, a drainage ditch near rice field, Hirado, Yachiyo City, Chiba Pref., Japan, March 2, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
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Images of collecting locality: A drainage ditch near Asou bridge, Inbanuma cycling road, Hoshina, Yachiyo City, Chiba Pref., Japan, March 16, 2008 by Y. Tsukii

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