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Oligohymenophorea (formerly Nassophorea): Peniculida: Frontoniina: Frontoniidae

Frontonia marina
Farre-Dom., 1891
Syn: F. leucas var. marina Florentin, 1899

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 type II, stock Tna-1, cell body μm long, μm wide, x 200, Nasu, Tochigi Pref., Japan, 2001 collected by H. Shiomizu, photo by Y. Tsukii
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Frontonia marina, stock Tna-1, stained with Azure C, cell body μm long, μm wide, x 640, Nasu, Tochigi Pref., Japan, 2001 collected by H. Shiomizu, photo by Y. Tsukii
scale 16 μm scale 32 μm scale 63 μm; x 640
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