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Bicoecida or Bicosoecida:

Bicoeca petiolata
Bicoeca Stein, 1878
Bicosoeca James-Clark, 1866
Subgenus: Poteriodendron Stein, 1878

Poteriodendron Genus: With vase-like lorica; body small, ovoid with rudimentary collar, a flagellum extending through it; protoplasmic body anchored to base by a contractile filament (Kudo, 1966).
Subgenus: sessile, colonial.

Species:


Bicoeca (Bicosoeca) petiolata ?, cell body μm long, μm wide, x 640, Gyoda city, Saitama Pref., Japan, Steptember 2001 by Y. Tsukii
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Poteriodendron petiolatum: Lorica 17-50 μm high; cell body 21-35 μm long; flagellum twice as long as cell body; contractile vacuole terminal (Kudo, 1966). Colony with each lorica separately stalked (How to know the protozoa, 1979).


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