Genus: Many thin captate tentacles protrude through 5-8 stellately arranged distal slits of lorica
(Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species:
Metacineta sp.,
cell body 36 μm long, 40 μm wide,
tentacles extend through 5 slits of lorica,
x 400, x 640, Higashi-hiroshima, Hiroshima Pref., Japan, October 1998, by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640