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Oligohymenophorea (formerly Nassophorea): Peniculida: Frontoniina: Frontoniidae

Disematostoma minor

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 75 μm; long (Kahl, 1930).
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Disematostoma minor, cell body 69 μm long, 40 μm wide, x 400, Sawa-mura, Matsumoto, Nagano Pref., Japan, May 2001, collected by N. Kinoshita, photo by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Disematostoma Disematostoma

D. bütschlii, Lauterborn: 135-155 μm long; with or without zoochlorella; fresh water (Kudo, 1966).
D. colpidioides von Gelei: Reniform, twisted; 100-160 μm long (Kudo, 1966).


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