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: Cell body 12-16 μm long (Starmach, 1985).

31 μm 63 μm 94 μm; x 640

* Salpingoeca fusiformis Kent, 1880: Vase-like lorica, about 15-16 μm long; cell body filling lorica; a single flagellum as long as the body; fresh water (Kudo, 1966).