Genus: Ventral side with a hyaline border, reaching posterior end and bearing trichocysts;
dorsal side with either similar trichocyst-border or with trichocyst-warts (Kudo, 1966).
Species: Flask-shape to broad leaf-like; ventral seam with trichocysts, undulating;
macronucleus moniliform (beaded); contractile vacuole terminal; 300-400
(up to 700) μm long (Kudo, 1966).
370 μm long; bluntly pointed at both ends;
trichocyst warts on the dorsal surface; contractile vacuole posterior with a canal extending along
the dorsal edge (Carey, 1992).
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