Litostomatea:
Haptoria: Haptorida: Trachelophyllidae
Trachelophyllum sp.
Claparède and Lachmann, 1859
Genus: Elongate, flattened; flexible, ribbon-like; anterior end neck-like and tip truncate; cytopharynx narrow,
with trichocysts; two macronuclei; contractile terminal (Kudo, 1966).
Apex a low dome, not ventrally bent; body much flattened (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Neck is truncated transversely and carries a short snout-like tip (Carey, 1992).
Species:
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Ileonema
Trachelophyllum sp.,
cell body 103 μm long, 41 μm wide,
x 400, x 640, Uruguay, November 1999, photo by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Trachelophyllum sp.,
cell body 156 μm long, 24 μm wide,
x 400, x 640, Uruguay, November 1999, photo by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Trachelophyllum sp.,
cell body 173 μm long, 13 μm wide,
x 400, x 640, Uruguay, November 1999, photo by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Trachelophyllum sp.,
cell body 197 μm long, 13 μm wide,
x 400, x 640, Uruguay, November 1999, photo by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
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