Litostomatea:
Haptoria: Haptorida: Enchelyidae
Enchelyodon sp.
Claparède and Lachmann, 1859
Genus: Ovoid or cylindrical in shape; anterior rounded or drawn out into an elongate snout;
cytostome apical; dorsal brush present, formed by paired kinetosomes (Carey, 1992).
Oral region truncated with flat membranous region forward of oral dikinetids
(Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species:
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Enchelyodon sp. (or Spathidium ?),
cell body 125 μm long, 32 μm wide,
x 400, x 640, Vermont-Maine U.S.A., August 7-13, 1999, by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Enchelyodon sp. (or Spathidium ?),
cell body 145 μm long, 63 μm wide,
x 400, x 640, Vermont-Maine U.S.A., August 7-13, 1999, by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
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