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Oligohymenophorea (formerly Nassophorea): Peniculida: Frontoniina: Frontoniidae

Frontonia leucas
(Ehrenberg, 1833) Ehrenberg, 1838

Genus: Postoral kineties usually to left of oral poykinetids (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Left edge is more curved than right edge; cytopharynx with numerous strong fibrils; ectoplasm with numerous fusiform trichocysts; macronucleus oval; one to several micronulei (Kudo, 1966).
Species: Cell body 150-600 μm long; anterior half of the cell broader than posterior half; posterior end slightly pointed; two ovoidal micronuclei; a single contractile vacuole (Kahl, 1930).


Frontonia marina, stock Shm-1, cell body μm long, μm wide, x 640, Mishima, Shizuoka Pref., Japan, 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 100 μm scale 200 μm scale 400 μm; x 100 ; scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 200 μm; x 200
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Frontonia marina Frontonia marina

Frontonia marina, stock Shm-1, stained with Azure C, cell body μm long, μm wide, x 640, Mishima, Shizuoka Pref., Japan, 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 16 μm scale 32 μm scale 63 μm; x 640
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