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Choanoflagellida: Codonosigidae

 Codosiga botrytis
or Codonosiga botrytis (Ehrenberg) Kent
Syn.: Epistylis botrytis Ehrenberg

Genus: Individuals clustered at end of a simple or branching stalk; fresh water (Kudo, 1966). Cells lacks periplast; collar well developed surrounding a single anterior flagellum; 2 or more posterior contractile vacuoles (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: Cell body 8-30 μm long, cysts with thick wall (Starmach, 1985).

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Codosiga botrytis, cell body 14 μm long, 6-8 μm wide, anterior flagellum 61 μm long, with knob-like terminal structure, x 400, x 640, Torinome Kasen Park, Nasu-shiobara city (formerly Kuroiso city), Tochigi Pref., Japan, January 1999 by Y. Tsukii
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Codosiga sp., x 400, by Y. Tsukii
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Codosiga botrytis (Ehrenberg) Kent: Cell body 8-30 μm long, cysts with thick wall (Starmach, 1985).

Codosiga botrytis (Ehrenberg) Kent var. globulosa (Kent) Francé (Syn: Monosiga globulosa Kent): Cell body botryoidal (shaped like a bunch of grapes), 6-7 μm in diam. (Starmach, 1985).

Codosiga botrytis (Ehrenberg) Kent var. pyriformis (Kent) Francé (Syn: Codonosiga pyriformis Kent): Cell body 6-25 μm long (Starmach, 1985).

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