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Oligohymenophorea (formerly Nassophorea): Peniculida: Frontoniina: Frontoniidae

Frontonia elliptica
Beardsley, 1902

Frontonia Genus: Postoral kineties usually to left of oral poykinetids (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Left edge is more curved than right edge; cytopharynx with numerous strong fibrils; ectoplasm with numerous fusiform trichocysts; macronucleus oval; one to several micronulei (Kudo, 1966).
Species: Cell body 150-200 μm long; macronucleus ovoid, with a single micronucleus large, ovoid in shape; two contractile vacuoles present (Kahl, 1930).
Similar Genus --> Disematostoma


Frontonia elliptica, cell body μm long, μm wide, x 640, Iruma River side, Tsurugashima city, Saitama Pref., Japan, August 2003 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Frontonia elliptica Beardsley, 1902: Cell body 150-200 μm long; macronucleus ovoid, with a single micronucleus large, ovoid in shape; two contractile vacuoles present (Kahl, 1930).

Frontonia fusca (Quennerstedt 1869): Cell body 150-200 μm long; macronucleus ovoid, with a small micronucleu; a single contractile vacuole located at posterior half of the cell body (Kahl, 1930).


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