Family: Loricate; with or without stalk; body slender, extensible, attached in lorica aborally; macronucleus long (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Genus: Lorica attached aborally by stalk; no operculum (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Similar to Vaginicola, but lorica stands on a short stalk; fresh or salt water (Kudo, 1966).

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C. imberbis cell 145 x 15 μm lorica 85 x 50 μm Watasuge marsh Tsugaike highland Nagano, 2006	C. imberbis cell 150 x 15 μm lorica 95 x 35 μm Mida-ga-hara 9 Gassan (mt) Yamagata, 2006	C. imberbis cell μm lorica μm Sensho-ga-hara Shizukuishi Iwate, 2007	C. imberbis cell μm lorica μm Oh-numa m.3 Kazuno Akita, 2007
C. imberbis cell μm lorica μm Yokotashiro 3 Katashina Gunma, 2007	C. imberbis 155 x 19 μm Shimo-no-koike Shiga highland Nagano, 2004
C. oblonga ? cell μm lorica 66 x 22 μm Japan, 1998	C. oblonga ? cell μm lorica 54 x 21 μm Saitama, 2001	C. oblonga ? or C. annulata ? cell μm lorica 48 x 18 μm Japan, 1998	C. oblonga ? or C. annulata ? cell 65 x10 μm lorica 50 x 23 μm Kusatsu Onsen b.t. Kusatsu Gunma, 2005
C. annulata cell 85 x 10 μm lorica 68 x 26 μm Onnenai Kushiro marsh Hokkaido, 2005	C. annulata cell 78 x 19 μm lorica 55 x 22 μm Japan, 1998	C. annulata cell 75 x 10 μm lorica 50 x 20 μm Yamagata, 1999	C. annulata cell 77 x 14 μm lorica 58 x 24 μm Akigase Park Saitama, 2002
C. annulata cell 70 x 13 μm lorica 58 x 22 μm Higashi-sano Hakuba Nagano, 2004	C. annulata cell 65 x 10 μm lorica 57 x 20 μm Fukasaku-gawa Yusuichi Saitama, 2002	C. annulata cell μm lorica 50 x 24 μm Tama-gawa g.p. Fuchu Tokyo, 2004	C. annulata cell μm lorica 50 x 10 μm Omoi river Oyama Tochigi, 2004
C. annulata cell μm lorica 55 x 24-29 μm Miyashiro Saitama, 2003	C. annulata cell μm lorica 52 x 20 μm Karasu-ga-mori p. Nishi-nasuno Tochigi, 2004	C. annulata cell 75 x 12 μm lorica 57 x 23 μm Takao Sakura p. Kitamoto Saitama, 2005	C. annulata cell 80 x 13 μm lorica 65 x 25 μm Owada Park Saitama, 2005
C. annulata cell 70 x 12 μm lorica 57 x 20 μm Hasu-ike Shiga highland Nagano, 2005	C. annulata cell 75 x 12 μm lorica 50 x 20 μm Kusatsu Onsen b.t. Kusatsu Gunma, 2005	C. annulata cell 90 x 13 μm lorica μm Futayo-no-ike Haguro mountain Yamagata, 2005	C. annulata lorica 60 x 22 μm Kurome river Asaka Saitama, 2006
C. annulata lorica 52 x 24 μm Kiyasse-Hanyu Hanyu Saitama, 2006	C. annulata lorica 50 x 20 μm near Yoshino p. Mitsukaido Ibaraki, 2006	C. annulata lorica μm near Seaside b.g. Himi Toyama, 2006
Cothurnia sp. cell 50 x 15 μm lorica 45 x 23 μm with two rings Japan, 1998	Cothurnia sp. cell μm lorica μm Miyashiro Saitama, 2003	Cothurnia sp.3 cell μm lorica 52 x 20 μm flask-like Kanazawa Ishikawa, 1998	Cothurnia sp.4 or Vaginicola ? two cells μm lorica 64 x 25 μm Yamagata, 1999
Cothurnia sp. 60 x 8 μm lorica 50 x 25 μm Miyashiro Saitama, 2003	Cothurnia sp. lorica 65 x μm Fujimi-hotaru Okegawa Saitama, 2006

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