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Phyllopharyngea: Suctoria: Exogenida: Urnulidae

Metacineta mystacina
(Ehrenberg)

Metacineta Genus: Many thin captate tentacles protrude through 5-8 stellately arranged distal slits of lorica (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species:


Metacineta mystacina ?, cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, x 640, Water plant garden, Naka-gawa Kahan koen (riverside park at Naka river), NasuShiobara city (formerly Kuroiso city), Tochigi Pref., Japan, April 4, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Images of collecting locality: Water plant garden, Naka-gawa Kahan koen (riverside park at Naka river), NasuShiobara city (formerly Kuroiso city), Tochigi Pref., Japan, April 4, 2008 by Y. Tsukii


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