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Nassophorea: Peniculida: Frontoniina: Frontoniidae

 Frontoniella complanata
Wetzel, 1927

Frontoniella leucas 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 59 μm long, 35 μm wide, a macronucleus spherical, 13 μm in diam., trichocysts rare, cytostome 15 μm long, x 400, x 640, Tatebayashi city, Gunma Pref., Japan, June 2001 by Y. Tsukii
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scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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