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Oligohymenophorea (formerly Nassophorea): Peniculida: Frontoniina: Frontoniidae

Disematostoma bütschlii
Lauterborn, 1894

Disematostoma butschlii Genus: Striated sutural regions dorsal and to rear of cytoproct; body tapers to rear from 3 sides (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Broadly rounded anterior end and bluntly pointed narrow posterior end; sausage-form macronucleus; a micronucleus; contractile vacuole middle of body with collecting canals; fresh water (Kudo, 1966).
Buccal structure is well-stained by azure C (Y. Tsukii, 2000).

Species: Cell body 140-155 μm; long (Kahl, 1930).
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Disematostoma bütschlii, cell body 145 μm long, 87 μm wide, x 400, x 640, Numa-no-hara marsh (Genseikaen), Madarao highland (Niigata & Nagano Pref.), Myoko village, Niigata Pref., Japan, May 15, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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