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Nassophorea: Microthoracida: Microthoracidae

Microthorax sp.
Engelmann, 1862

Microthorax Genus: Cytostome in rear 1/3 of body (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Irregular, almost triangular in shape; anterior pointed; posterior rounded; distinctly flattened with a delicate keeled armour; somatic ciliation reduced; ventrally 3 longitudinal cilary rows; cytostome in a depression at posterior ventral region; tooth-like projection on the left side (Carey, 1992).
Species:
Similar Genus ->> Drepanomonas; Kreyella


Microthorax sp. or Drepanomonas, cell body 30 μm long, 16 μm wide, x 400, x 640, Uruguay, November 1999, photo by Y. Tsukii
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