Family: Cyrtos in rear 1/2 of body, hidden by ventral pellicular fold.
Genus: Cytostome just behind equator, in 3rd quarter of body (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Ovoid or crescent, usually both anterior and posterior pointed; somewhat flattened with a ridged, ribbed armour; somatic cilature reduced; cytostome in a depression on the left side at the centre of the body; fibrous trichocysts (Carey, 1992).
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D. sphagni
46-48 x 18 μm
Japan, 1997
D. sphagni
56 x 26 μm
Japan, 1997
D. revoluta
38 x 14 μm
Japan, 1998
D. revoluta
by Dirk Klos
30 x 13 μm
sewage plant Wertach
Bavaria
Germany, 2004
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