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Oligohymenophorea (formerly Nassophorea): Peniculida: Frontoniina: Lembadionidae

Lembadion bullinum
Perty, 1852

Lembadion bullinum Species: Large, ovoid, 120-200 μm long; oral aperture (cytostome) extends almost to the posterior of the cell; a tuft of caudal cilia posterior; contractile vacuole dorsal; macronucleus ovoid and curved (Carey, 1992). 120-200 μm long; posterior cilia 40-50 μm long (Kudo, 1966). Body elliptical; long cytostome 3/4 body length; with large undulatory membrane on left oral margin; macronucleus kidney-shaped, near rear end; fresh water (How to know the protozoa, 1979).


Lembadion bullinum Perty, cell body 129 μm long, μm wide, L/W=, x 640, No.10 (Suimei-no-hotori), Kannon-numa Forest Park (pond), Shimogo town, Fukushima Pref., Japan, November 15, 2008, by Y. Tsukii
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