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Oligohymenophorea: Hyemnostomatia: Scuticociliatida: Philasterina: Cinetochilidae

Cinetochilum sp.
Perty, 1852

Cinetochilum Genus: Oral polykinetid 3 rectangular; oral area midventral (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Cytostome right of median line in posterior half; with 3-4 caudal cilia; contractile vacuole terminal (Kudo, 1966).
Species:


Cinetochilum sp. (small species), cell body 15 μm long, 11 μm wide, x 400, x 640, Japan, 199? by Y. Tsukii
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Cinetocilum margaritaceum Perty, 1852: Cell body 15-45 μm long; oral area in lower right quadrant of ventral surface; body ovoid, anterior and posterior rounded (Carey, 1992).


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