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Litostomatea: Haptoria: Pleurostomatida: Litonotidae

Litonotus fasciola
(Ehrenberg, 1838) Wrzesnioski, 1870
Syn.: Lionotus fasciola

Genus: Flask-shaped; elongate, flattened; anterior region neck-like; cilia only on right side; without trichocyst-borders; cytostome with trichocysts; two macronuclei (Kudo, 1966).
Species: Cell body 100 μm long (Kahl, 1930).
Two macronuclei
Litonotus fasciola
L. fasciola
125 μm
Japan, 1999
Litonotus
L. fasciola
118 x 21 μm
Watarase river
Ashikaga
Tochigi, 2004
Litonotus fasciola
L. fasciola
86 μm, x 640
Ushiku
Ibaraki, 2002
Litonotus
L. fasciola
80-90 μm
Japan, 1998
Movies
Litonotus
L. fasciola ?
38 μm
Yamagata, 1999
Litonotus
L. fasciola
84 μm
Koshigaya
Saitama, 199?
Litonotus
L. fasciola
77 x 10 μm
Koshigaya
Saitama, 2001
Litonotus
L. fasciola
96 x 14 μm
Shakujii Park
Tokyo, 2001
Litonotus
L. fasciola
62 x 13 μm
Sue-machi
Fukuoka, 2001
Litonotus
L. fasciola ?
52 x 12 μm
Watarase river
Ashikaga
Tochigi, 2004

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