Genus (Nitzsch): Body short, cylindrical; body cilia as two distinct girdles, and a distinct tuft at rear (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Short cocoon-shaped, constricted in the middle; ventral surface flat; two broad girdles of cilia; fused cilia at posterior end (Kudo, 1966).
Species: 50-80 μm long; unique movement (Kudo, 1966).

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U. turbo 87 x 69 μm Japan, 199?	U. turbo 70 x 34 μm a dividing cell Japan, 1998	U. turbo 56 x 50 μm USA, 1999	U. turbo 52 x 42 μm Shirakawa Fukushima, 1999
U. turbo μm Funabashi Chiba, 2003

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