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Litostomatea: Haptoria: Haptorida: Spathidiidae

Bryophyllum loxyphylliforme
Kahl, 1930

Bryophyllum Genus: Body flattened, crescentic (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: Cell body 160 μm long when extended, 130 μm long when contracted (Kahl, 1930).
Similar genus -->> Spathidium;


Bryophyllum loxophylliforme or B. vorax ?, cell body 109 μm long, μm wide, macronucleus moniliform ? (B. loxyphylliforme), x 640, Tatara-numa, Tatebayashi city, Gunma Pref., Japan, June 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Bryophyllum


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