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Choanoflagellida: Salpingoecidae

Salpingoeca sp.

Salpingoeca 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).
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Salpingoeca sp. ?, cell body μm long, μm wide, x 640, Omine-numa (pond/marsh), Tsukiyono town, Gunma Pref., Japan, September 2003 by Y. Tsukii
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Salpingoeca fusiformis Kent, 1880: Vase-like lorica (= lorica), about 15-16 μm long; cell body filling lorica; a single flagellum as long as the body; fresh water (Kudo, 1966).


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