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).
Species:
Similar Genus ->> Thuricola;
Vaginicola;
Cothurnia;
Pyxicola Platycola truncata Fromentel,
lorica μm long, μm wide, L/W=,
cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=,
x 640, No.5, Shibayachi marsh, Odate city, Akita Pref., Japan, September 22, 2007 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640