Genus: Postoral kineties usually to left of oral poykinetids (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Left edge is more curved than right edge; cytopharynx with numerous strong fibrils; ectoplasm with
numerous fusiform trichocysts; macronucleus oval; one to several micronulei (Kudo, 1966).
Species: Cell body 60-80 μm long; macronucleus short sausage-shaped; a single micronucleus; a single contractile vacuole (Kahl, 1930). |
Frontonia depressa, stock 27-1B, stained with Azure C,
cell body μm long, μm wide,
x 640, Hiroshima, Japan, 1999? by Y. Tsukii
16 μm
32 μm
63 μm; x 640