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Spirotrichea: Stichotrichia

Unidentified

Suborder: Frontoventral cirri as 2 or more zig-zag files almost full length of ventrum.
Family: Frontal cirri differ in size and/or pattern from ventral ones of files; "collar" extends short distance along right edge of body; oral area not U-shaped (Illustrated Guide, 1985).


Stichotrica sp., cell body 54 μm long, 19 μm wide, transverse cirri present, x 400, x 640, Nomura Museum, Kyoto, Japan, October 2000, collected by N. Kinoshita, photo by Y. Tsukii
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