Litostomatea:
Haptoria: Pleurostomatida: Amphileptidae
Amphileptus meleagris
Ehrenberg, 1830
Syn.: Hemiophrys Wrzesniowski, 1870
Genus: Flask-shaped; ciliation uniform and complete; slit-like cytostome not reaching the middle of body,
without trichocyst-borders; two or more macronuclei (Kudo, 1966).
Many contractile vacuoles along both dorsal and ventral edges (Carey, 1992).
Species:
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Amphileptus meleagris ?,
cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=,
x 640, a drainage ditch near rice field, Hirado, Yachiyo City, Chiba Pref., Japan, March 2, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
A drainage ditch near Asou bridge, Inbanuma cycling road, Hoshina, Yachiyo City, Chiba Pref., Japan, March 16, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
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