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Oligohymenophorea: Hymenostoamtida: Turaniellidae

 Colpidium campylum
(Stokes, 1886) Bresslau

Colpidium Genus: Elongate reniform (kidney-shaped); typically one postoral ciliary row; cytostome small, triangular, 1/4 from anterior end toward right side; macronucleus rounded; a micronucleus; a contractile vacuole (Kudo, 1966).
Species:

Colpidium sp. ?, cell body 128 μm long, 51 μm wide, L/W=2.5, x 400, x 640, drainage ditch, Tanadare-fureai-no-mori (& Center for Environmental Science), Kisai town, Saitama Pref., Japan, March 11, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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