Oligohymenophorea:
Hymenostomatia: Scuticociliatida: Pleuronematina: Histiobalantiidae
Histiobalantium natans
(Claparède & lauterborn, 1858)
Syn. H. agile Stokes, 1886; Pleuronema inflatum Lauterborn, 1915?
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).
Species:
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Histiobalantium natans (or H. marinum or a similar species),
cell body 61 μm long, 38 μm wide, L/W=,
body cilia 8 μm long, elongated stiff cilia 15 μm long,
x 640, Ohnuma (a pond at Ohnuma enchi), Nasu-shiobara city (formerly Shiobara town), Tochigi Pref., Japan, April 1, 2007, by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
Ohnuma (a pond at Ohnuma enchi), Nasu-shiobara city (formerly Shiobara town), Tochigi Pref., Japan, April 1, 2007, by Y. Tsukii
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