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Phyllopharyngea: Cyrtophorida: Chlamydodontina: Chilodonellidae

Trisigmostoma algivora
Syn.: Chilodonella algivora

Trisigmostoma Genus: Right ventral body kineties extend directly backward; left ventral body kineties complete (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Morphologicall similar to Chilodonella but possesses a row of bristles on the dorsal anterior surface; cytostome oval with a protrusable cytopharyngeal basket; many contractile vacuoles (Carey, 1992).
Species:
Similar Genus ->> Chilodonella; Thigmogaster


Trithigmostoma algivora (or Chilodonella algivora), cell body 76 μm long, μm wide, dorsal surface with bristles, central zone ciliated ?, x 640, Kurihashi, Saitama Pref., Japan, July 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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