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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Vaginicolidae

Platycola truncata
Fromentel, 1874

Platycola truncata 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, cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, x 640, Fujimitashiro, Oze-ga-hara (Oze marsh), Katashina village, Gunma Pref., Japan, August 3, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Images of collecting locality: Fujimitashiro, Oze-ga-hara (Oze marsh), Katashina village, Gunma Pref., Japan, August 3, 2008 by Y. Tsukii


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