Family: Loricate; with or without stalk; body slender, extensible, attached in lorica aborally; macronucleus long (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Genus: Lorica attached by long axis (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
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P. truncata
106 x 11 μm
peristome 20 μm
Japan, 1999
P. truncata
120 x 12 μm
peristome μm
Japan, 1999
P. truncata
Lorica 100 x 80 μm
Mida-ga-hara 5
Gassan (mt)
Yamagata, 2006
P. truncata
Lorica μm
Omotsubo m.
Niimi
Okayama, 2006
P. truncata
Lorica μm
Shibayachi marsh
Odate
Akita, 2007
P. truncata
Lorica μm
Okahotto Y.M.
Abiko
Chiba, 2008
P. truncata
Lorica μm
Fujimitashiro
Katashina
Gunma, 2008Similar Genus ->> Thuricola; Vaginicola; Cothurnia; Pyxicola