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Litostomatea: Haptoria: Pleurostomatida: Litonotidae

 Litonotus fusidens
Kahl, 1926

Litonotus Genus: Flask-shaped; elongate, flattened; anterior region neck-like; cilia only on right side; without trichocyst-borders; cytostome with trichocysts; two macronuclei (Kudo, 1966).
Species:
Similar Genus ->> Loxophyllum; Amphileptus

Litonotus fusidens Kahl, 1926 ?, cell body 110 μm long, μm wide, posterior end rounded, x 640, Iruma River, Bushi, Iruma, Saitama Pref., Japan, February 2002 by Y. Tsukii
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