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Nassophorea: Peniculida: Frontoniina: Frontoniidae

 Frontoniella conplanata
Wetzel, 1927

Frontoniella 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:
Similar Genus --> Frontonia; Disematostoma;

Frontoniella complanata Wetzel, 1927, cell body 65 μm long, 40 μm wide, cytosotome 20 μm long, a macronucleus spherical, 15 μm in diam., x 400, x 640, Shiro-numa, Tatebayashi, Gumma Pref., Japan, June 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400
Frontoniella
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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