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Oligohymenophorea (formerly Nassophorea): Peniculida: Frontoniina: Frontoniidae

Disematostoma bütschlii
Lauterborn, 1894

Disematostoma Genus: Striated sutural regions dorsal and to rear of cytoproct; body tapers to rear from 3 sides (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Broadly rounded anterior end and bluntly pointed narrow posterior end; sausage-form macronucleus; a micronucleus; contractile vacuole middle of body with collecting canals; fresh water (Kudo, 1966).
Buccal structure is well-stained by azure C (Y. Tsukii, 2000).

Species: Cell body 140-155 μm; long (Kahl, 1930).
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Disematostoma bütschlii, cell body 168 μm long, μm wide, x 640, Taka-iwa Park, Kurobane town, Tochigi Pref., Japan, March 2003 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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D. bütschlii, Lauterborn: 135-155 μm long; with or without zoochlorella; fresh water (Kudo, 1966).
D. colpidioides von Gelei: Reniform, twisted; 100-160 μm long (Kudo, 1966).


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