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Phyllopharyngea: Cyrtophorida: Chlamydodontina: Chilodonellidae

Chilodonella cucullulus
Strand, 1928

Chilodonella cucullulus Genus: Cell body ovoid, with pre-oral suture skewed left to a point; ventrally flattened, dorsally convex (How to know the protozoa, 1979). With distinct postoral ? beak or unciliated field in ventral body cilia; preoral kinety complete (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Dorsal surface lacks bristles (cf. with bristles Trithigmostoma) ; central zone devoid of cilia (Carey, 1992).
Species:
Similar Genus ->> Trithigmostoma


Chilodonella cucullulus ?, cell body 108 μm long, 64 μm wide, x 640, Ushiku city, Ibaraki Pref., Japan, April 2002 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Chilodonella cucullulus Chilodonella cucullulus


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