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Litostomatea: Haptoria: Haptorida: Trachelophyllidae

Chaenea sp.
Quennerstedt, 1867

Chaenea Genus: Body not flattened; no obvious dome; body kineties slightly spiralled; often contractile (Illustrated Guide, 1985). elongate or vermiform, circular in cross-section; highly contractile; cone-like proboscis absent; always elongate; a large contractile vacuole at posterior end (Carey, 1992).
Species:
Similar Genus ->> Trachelophyllum; Ileonema


Chaenea sp. ?, cell body 52 μm long, 11 μm wide, x 400, x 640, Nasu-shiobara city (formerly Kuroiso city), Tochigi Pref., Japan, March 2001 by Y. Tsukii
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