Oligohymenophorea:
Peritrichia: Sessilida: Vaginicolidae
Platycola truncata
Fromentel, 1874
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:
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Similar Genus ->> Thuricola;
Vaginicola;
Cothurnia;
Pyxicola
Platycola truncata Fromentel ?,
cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=,
x 640, No. 3, Okahotto-Yatsu Museum (a biotope including rice field), Okahotto, Abiko city, Chiba Pref., Japan, February 17, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
No. 3, Okahotto-Yatsu Museum (a biotope including rice field), Okahotto, Abiko city, Chiba Pref., Japan, February 17, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
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