Family: Loricate; with or without stalk; body slender, extensible, attached in lorica aborally;
macronucleus long (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Genus:
Lorica attached by long axis (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species:
Similar Genus ->> Thuricola;
Vaginicola;
Cothurnia;
Pyxicola Platycola truncata Fromentel,
cell body 150 μm long, 8 μm wide, L/W=, peristome 20 μm wide,
x 400, x 640, No. 2, Omotsubo marsh (omotubo marsh, Suzuran-no-sono), Tetta-cho, Niimi city (formerly Tetta cho), Okayama Pref., Japan, September 23, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640