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Oligohymenophorea: Hyemnostomatia: Scuticociliatida: Philasterina: Loxocephalidae

Loxocephalus
Eberhard, 1862

Suborder: Paroral dikinetid shorter than other oral structures; no ribbed wall from paroral dikinetids towards cytostome (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Family: Ovoid to ellipsoid, usually flattened; dense ventral cilia; oral area relatively large; ~ midventral; long, prominent cytoprOctober

Genus: Preoral suture prominent; anterior suture extends to right immediately forward of oral area (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Ovo-cylindroid body, dark colored; no anterior cilia; transverse ring of long cilia near anterior end; cytostome small, near anterior ring of cilia; a long caudal cilium; common in decaying vegetation (How to know the protozoa, 1979). Ovoid to cylindrical; crescentic cytostome on slightly flattened area near anterior end; a zone of cilia around body; one (or more) long caudal cilium; cytoplasm yellowish to dark brown; macronucleus ovoid; a single contractile vacuole; fresh or brackish water (Kudo, 1966).
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Loxocephalus
L. intermedius ?
158 x 52 μm
Kannon-numa 2
Shimogo
Fukushima, 2008
Loxocephalus
L. plagius
55 x 21 μm
Saitama, 1999
Loxocephalus
L. plagius
53 x 23 μm
Uruguay, 1999
Loxocephalus plagius
L. plagius
46 x 17 μm
Higashi-hiroshima
Hiroshima, 1998
Loxocephalus
L. plagius
47 x 20 μm
Japan, 1999
Loxocephalus plagius
L. plagius
50 x 20 μm
Kantoh area, 1999
Loxocephalus
L. plagius
47 x 18 μm
Riverside green l.
Sawara
Chiba, 2004
Loxocephalus
L. plagius
μm
Iruma
Saitama, 2003
Loxochephalus
L. plagius
45 x 17 μm
caudal cilium ?
Kaga
Ishikawa, 2000
Loxocephalus plagius
L. plagius
47 x 17 μm
Konuma
Sakado
Saitama, 2004
Loxocephalus plagius
L. plagius
μm
Naruto
Chiba, 2003
Loxocephalus plagius
L. plagius
μm
Kannon-numa 11
Shimogo
Fukushima, 2008
Loxocephalus
L. plagius
58 x 20 μm
Hazama marsh
Ashikaga
Tochigi, 2006
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Loxocephalus plagius
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