Genus: Many thin captate tentacles protrude through 5-8 stellately arranged distal slits of lorica
(Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species:
cell body 35-100 μm,
lorica up to 800 μm attached substratum with
tapered posterior end,
tentacles more than 150 μm long
(Inoki ed., Gensei-Doubutu Zukan, 1981).
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