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Oligohymenophorea (formerly Nassophorea): Peniculida: Frontoniina: Frontoniidae

Disematostoma minor
Kahl
(D. bütschlii var. minor Kahl, 1926)

Disematostoma minor 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 75 μm; long (Kahl, 1930).
Similar Genus ->> Frontonia


Disematostoma minor, cell body 65 μm long, 35 μm wide, L/W=1.9, x 640, Shimizu-daira, Nasu town, Tochigi Pref., Japan, September 10, 2005, collected by Eizaburo Tsukii, photo by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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