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Litostomatea: Haptoria: Haptorida: Lacrymariidae

 Lacrymaria olor
(Müller, 1786) Kahl, 1930

Lacrymaria Genus: Body long, flask-shaped; apex a bulb with several short oblique kineties; contractile (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Spindle- or flask-shaped; with a long contractile proboscis; cytostome round; ciliary rows meridional or spiral to right (Kudo, 1966).
Species: Flask-shaped, 100 μm long; common species (Carey, 1992).

Lacrymaria olor, cell body μm long, μm wide, x 100, x 200, x 400, Toneri Park, Adachi-ku, Tokyo, Japan, December 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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x 400
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