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Litostomatea: Haptoria: Pharyngophorida: Tracheliidae

 Dileptus gabonensis
Dragesco, 1960

Dileptus gabonensis 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: 300 μm long; both neck and tail region elongate and flexible; macronucleus in two sausage-shaped; a single contractile vacuole posterior (Carey, 1992).
Similar Genus ->> Trachelius; Paradileptus;

Dileptus gabonensis or similar species, cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, 4 or more contractile vacuoles present, x 640, Old Sugata river, Yasuzuka, Mibu town, Tochigi Pref., Japan, May 5, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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