Colpodea:
Colpodida: Colpodidae
Colpoda steini
Maupas, 1883
Genus: Body reniform; dorsoventrally flattened; right body edge convex, left concave;
somatic groove originates on the dorsal surface, travels around the left side to the entrace of the
vestibulum on the ventral surface (Carey, 1992).
Oral cavity not tubular (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species:
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Colpoda steini,
cell body 46 μm long, 25 μm wide, contractile vacuole posterior,
x 400, Japan, 1997 by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400
C. steini Maupas, 1883: Renifrom; cytostomial cleft 1/3 of the body length from the
anterior end; 15-42 μm long;
smatic ciliation in 10 rows; 2 caudal cilia; vestibulum equipped with a beard of
'pseudomembranelles' arising from posterior margin; a macronucleus ovoid (Carey, 1992).
20-40 μm long;
15-30 μm wide; but size is quite variable
(Foissner, Blatterer, Berger & Kohmann, 1991).
15-40 μm; two long posterior cilia
(How to know the protozoa, 1979).
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