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Litostomatea: Haptoria: Pharyngophorida: Tracheliidae

 Dileptus amphileptoides

Dileptus amphileptoides Genus: Body long, rear usually pointed (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Elogate; snout or neck-like prolongation (proboscis) conspicuous; contractile vacuoles two or more (Kudo, 1966). Contractile vacuoles usually lie in a row along the dorsal surface (Carey, 1992).
Species:
Similar Genus ->> Trachelius; Paradileptus;

Dileptus amphileptoides ?, cell body about 420 μm long, 50 μm wide, very long proboscis (more than half of the body length), a row of contractile vacuoles on dorsal surface, x 400, x 640, Tane-ike (pond), Togakushi highland, Shinano town, Nagano Pref., Japan, May 21, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
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Images of collecting locality: Tane-ike (pond), Togakushi highland, Shinano town, Nagano Pref., Japan, May 21, 2006 by Y. Tsukii

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