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Colpodea: Bursariomorphida: Bursariidae

 Bursaria truncatella
Müller, 1773

Bursaria Order: Polykinetids on both left and right oral walls; mouth apical; oral cavity like a large pouch; carnivorous (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Family: = Order
Genus: = Order
Species: Adoral zone of orgenelles horn-shaped; extocyst and endcyst of resting cyst united by bridges (Foissner, 1993).

Bursaria truncatella Müller, cell body 410 μm long, 200 μm wide, x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640, drainage ditch near Tanohara Natural Park, Ontake highland, Otaki town, Nagano Pref., Japan, June 26, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 200 μm scale 400 μm scale 600 μm; x 100 : scale 100 μm scale 200 μm scale 300 μm; x 200
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x 400
Bursaria truncatella Bursaria truncatella Bursaria truncatella Bursaria truncatella Bursaria truncatella
x 640
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A conjugating pair, x 100, x 200
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