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Oligohymenophorea (formerly Nassophorea): Peniculida: Urocentridae

Urocentrum
Müller

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

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