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Spirotrichea: Hypotrichia: Euplotida: Euplotidae

Euplotes moebiusi
forma quadricirratus Kahl

Euplotes 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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Euplotes moebiusi forma quadricirratus Kahl, cell body 73 μm long, 48 μm wide, 7 dorsal ridges, peristome 2/3 cell length, 9 frontoventral (4+3+2), 5 transverse & 4 caudal cirri, x 400, x 640, Japan,1998 by Y. Tsukii
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Euplotes moebiusi forma quadricirratus Kahl, ingesting Chilomonas paramecium, x 400, x 640, Japan 1998 by Y. Tsukii
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Euplotes moebiusi forma quadricirratus Kahl, cultured with Urostyla sp., morphological changes, x 400, x 640, Japan 1998 by Y. Tsukii
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Euplotes moebiusi forma quadricirratus Kahl, a cell stained with Azure C, x 400, x 640, Japan 1998 by Y. Tsukii
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