Genus: With a vase-like chitinous lorica to which stalked or stalkless organism is attached; fresh or salt water; numerous species (Kudo, 1966). Transparent; ovoid; collar indistinct; in lorica (How to know the protozoa, 1979). Solitary or colonial; with firm lorica (theca) as a cup or tube; protoplast with 1 anterior flagellum encircled laterally by well-developed collar; contractile vacuoles posterior in fresh water species (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species:
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Salpingoeca sp.2
lorica μm long
Hiroshima, 1998
Salpingoeca sp.
lorica μm long
Omiya
Saitama, 2001
Salpingoeca sp.
lorica μm long
Toneri Park
Tokyo, 2001
Salpingoeca sp.
lorica μm long
Tsuchiura
Ibaraki, 2002
Salpingoeca sp.
lorica μm long
Higashi-sano
Hakuba
Nagano, 2004
Salpingoeca sp.
lorica μm long
Nanbata-shinden
Fujimi
Saitama, 2004