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Spirotrichea: Hypotrichia: Euplotida: Aspidiscidae

Aspidisca steini
Buddenbrock, 1920
Aspidisca hyalina Dragesco, 1954

Aspidisca steini 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: Cell body ovoid; 35 μm long; outline and dorsal surface smooth (no ribs or thorn); 7 frontoventral, 5-6 transverse cirri; macronucleus horseshoe-shaped (Carey, 1992).


Aspidisca steini, cell body 36-45 μm long, 30-36 μm wide, dorsal surface smooth, 5 ? transverse cirri, x 400, Japan, 199? by Y. Tsukii
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