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Litostomatea: Haptoria: Haptorida: Lacrymariidae

 Lacrymaria sp.
Bory St Vincent, 1826

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:

Lacrymaria sp. (? or Trachelophyllum sp.), cell body μm long, μm wide, x 400, Japan, 199? by Y. Tsukii
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