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Oligohymenophorea: Hymenostomatia: Scuticociliatida: Pleuronematina: Histiobalantiidae

Histiobalantium natans
(Claparède & lauterborn, 1858)
Syn. H. agile Stokes, 1886; Pleuronema inflatum Lauterborn, 1915?

Histiobalantium natans Genus: Ovoid; ciliation uniform; long stiff cilia (bristles) distributed over the body surface; peristome deep, both anterior and posterior regions with a well-developed membranes connected with undulating membrane (velum); two macronucleus; 1-2 micronuclei; several contractile vacuoles; fresh water (Kudo, 1966).
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Histiobalantium (natans or marinum or a similar species), cell body 75 μm long, 43 μm wide, L/W=, somatic cilia 9 μm long, bristles 20 μm long, x 640, Futayo-no-ike (pond) near Haguro mountain, Haguro town, Yamagata Pref., Japan, August 3, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Histiobalantium Histiobalantium Histiobalantium

Images of collecting locality: Futayo-no-ike (pond) near Haguro mountain, Haguro town, Yamagata Pref., Japan, August 3, 2006 by Y. Tsukii


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