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Spirotrichea: Hypotrichia: Euplotida: Aspidiscidae

Aspidisca sp.
Ehrenberg, 1830

Aspidisca Genus: Ovoid, firm; dorsal side convex, ventral side flattened; dorsal surface ridged; adoral zone reduced or rudimentary; macronucleus U-shaped or in two rounded parts (Kudo, 1966).
Species:


Aspidisca sp., cell body μm long, μm wide, x 640, Tama river, near Futago-tamagawa railway station, Setagaya ku, Tokyo, Japan, April 6, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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