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Litostomatea: Haptoria: Pleurostomatida: Litonotidae

 Loxophyllum meleagris
Dujardin, 1841

Loxophyllum meleagris 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).

Loxophyllum meleagris Dujardin, cell body 300 μm long, 90 μm wide, L/W=, x 400, x 640, Onnenai, Kushiro marsh, Kushiro city, Hokkaido, Japan, October 16, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
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Loxophyllum meleagris Dujardin, cell body about 340 μm long, 90 μm wide, L/W=, x 200, x 400, x 640, Onnenai, Kushiro marsh, Kushiro city, Hokkaido, Japan, October 16, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
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