Genus: Both ends blunt (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Similar to Condylostoma, but lacks undulating membrane; with ciliated peristomal field (How to know the protozoa, 1979).
Ovoid and flattened in shape; somatic ciliation uniform; peristome, with a large conspicuous AZM on the left edge,
spirals down to the cytostome; right edge lacks undulating membrane; a contractile vacuole posterior, connected
to two longitudinal canals (Carey, 1992).
Species: 100-300 μm; macronucleus band-form (vermiform); with or without endosymbiotic Chlorella (How to know the protozoa, 1979). |
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Climacostomum virens isolated macronuclei, x 400, x 640, August 7-13, 1999, Vermont-Maine U.S.A., by Y. Tsukii
Climacostomum virens pellicle with endosymbiotic Chlorella, x 400, x 640, August 7-13, 1999, Vermont-Maine U.S.A., by Y. Tsukii
