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Prostomatea: Prorodontida: Colepidae

 Coleps elongatus
(Ehrenberg, 1830) Kahl, 1930

Coleps Species [C. elongatus]: Cell body barrel-shaped but rather cylindrical, 65-80 μm long; a few spines at posterior end; two caudal cilia present; ectoplasmic plates ornamented by 2 lateral teeth (Carey, 1992).
Cell body 40-55 μm long, about 13 (or 14-17) rows of platelets; three posterior spines (Kudo, 1966).

Coleps elongatus (Ehrenberg) Kahl ?, a dividing cell ?, cell body 65 μm long, 18 μm wide, L/W=3.6, x 640, Onnenai, Kushiro marsh, Kushiro city, Hokkaido, Japan, October 16, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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