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Oligohymenophorea: Hymenostomatia: Scuticociliatida: Pleuronematina: Pleuronematidae

Pleuronema sp.
Dujardin, 1836

Pleuronema Family: Paoral membrane prominent, may be large and may project stiffly (Carey, 1992).
Genus: Ovoid to ellipsoid; peristome begins at anterior end and extends for 2/3 the body length; a conspicuous membrane at both edges; one to many posterior stiff sensory cilia (Kudo, 1966). Swimming as leaping movement.

Species:
Similar Genus ->> Uronema; Cyclidium


Pleuronema sp. (middle size), cell body 25 μm long, 12 μm wide, x 400, x 640, Japan, 1998 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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cell division
Pleuronema Pleuronema Pleuronema

Pleuronema sp.4, x 640, by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Pleuronema


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