Genus: Body ovoid, inflexible; ventral surface flattened, dorsal surface convex; peristome broadly triangular (Kudo, 1966). Cell body is ovoid, dorsoventrally flattened; dorsal surface may be equipped with some ornamentation; three groups of cirri (frontoventral, transverse & caudal); macronucleus C-shaped, "3"-shaped, or horsehoe-shaped (Carey, 1992).

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E. eurystomus collar, no ridges 9 + 5 + 4 cirri μm Japan, 199?	Euplotes sp. eurystomus ? 9 + 5 + 4 cirri 105 x 62 μm Saitama, 1999	Euplotes sp. eurystomus ? 9 + 5 + 4 cirri 122 x 72 μm Japan, 1998	E. woodruffi collar, dorsal ridges 9 + 5 + 4 cirri 152 x 88 μm Japan, 199?
E. patella ? 4 samples 64-105 μm 199?-2004	E. moebiusi 7 dorsal ridges 9 + 5 + 4 cirri 73 x 48 μm Japan, 1998	E. moebiusi ? 6 dorsal ridges 10 + 5 + 4 cirri 83 x 75 μm Japan, 1998	Euplotes sp. 65 x 41 μm 9 + 5 + 4 cirri Mihashi Park Saitama city Saitama, 2005
E. dogieli ? 9 + 5 + 3 cirri (?) 50 x 30 μm Japan, 199?	Euplotes sp.1 aediculatus ? 8 + 5 + 4 cirri (?) μm Japan, 199?	Euplotes sp.7 novemcarinatus ? 9 + 5 + 4 cirri Japan, 1998
Euplotes sp.4 80 x 55 μm Japan, 1997	Euplotes sp.9 45 x 30 μm Saitama, 1999	E. minuta ? 52 x 45 μm Uruguay, 1999	Euplotes sp. 75 x 59 μm Uruguay, 1999
Euplotes sp. 105 x 60 μm Uruguay, 1999	E. mutabilis ? 62 x 53 μm Kuroiso Tochigi, 2002	Euplotes sp. ? μm Asakura Kochi, 2002	Euplotes sp. ? μm Hitsuji-yama p. Chichibu Saitama, 2003
Euplotes sp. ? μm Senjo-ga-hara Nikko Tochigi, 2003

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