Genus: Oval to ellipsoidal or conical; 1 or more caudal cilia; ciliation uniform, except in posterior region which may be without cilia; cytostome at or near anterior end, surrounded by ring of heavier cilia; contractile vacuole posterior (Kudo, 1966). Ovoid or cylindrical; apical cytopharynx; posterior bald; caudal cilia present; contractile vacuole posterior (Carey, 1992).

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A single caudal cilium present
U. farcta 28 x 22 μm Japan, 1998	U. farcta 31 x 20 μm cauda 12 μm Japan, 1998	U. farcta 31 x 23 μm cauda 13 μm Hiroshima, 1998	U. furcata 23 x 15 μm cauda 8 μm Japan, 1999
U. farcta Azure C staining 32 x 21 μm cauda 15 μm Yamagata, 1999	U. farcta μm cauda μm Kuroiso Tochigi, 2002	U. farcta ? μm a dividing cell Naruto Chiba, 2003	U. farcta ? 29 x 21 μm Onnenai Kushiro marsh Hokkaido, 2005
U. farcta ? μm Teganuma Biotope Abiko Chiba, 2008
U. globosa ? 29 x 23 μm cauda 8 μm Kaga Ishikawa, 2000	U. platystoma ? 42 x μm cauda μm Moroyama town Saitama, 2003	U. platystoma ? μm Kannon-numa 1 Shimogo Fukushima, 2008	U. platystoma ? 55 x 42 μm Tane-ike Togakushi highland Nagano, 2005
U. platystoma ? μm cauda μm Kurobane Tochigi, 2003	Urotricha sp. 15 x 19 μm cauda ? μm Japan, 1998	Urotricha sp.2 μm cauda ? μm Kagami-gawa G.A. Kochi, 2002	Urotricha sp.4 45 x 30 μm Iroha-numa Zao mountain Yamagata, 2005
Caudal cilia 2 or more
U. simonsbergeri ? 40 x 32 μm Hakama marsh Madarao highland Niigata, 2005	Urotricha sp. 15 x 17 μm cauda 8 μm Japan, 1997

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