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Prostomatea: Prorodontida: Prorodontidae

Prorodon
Ehrenberg, 1833

Genus: Ovoid to cylindrical; ciliation uniform; oral basket made up of double trichites which end up deep in ectoplasm; contractile vacuole terminal (Kudo, 1966). Brosse as 3 longitudinal files (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Body ellipsoidal, ovoid or cylindrical in shape; cytostome apical, circular; cytopharynx equipped with well-developed double nematodesmata; somatic ciliation uniform, kinetosomes paired; macronucleus ovoid, reniform or ellongate; as many species descriptions are insufficient, many are indistinguishable (Carey, 1992).
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Prorodon
Prorodon sp.
420 μm
Ichikawa
Chiba, 2001
Prorodon moebiusi
P. moebiusi
213 μm
Japan, 1998
Movies
Prorodon moebiusi
P. moebiusi
210 μm
Japan, 1998
Movies
Prorodon
P. moebiusi ?
203 x 104 μm
Kitayama park
Nishi-no-miya
Hyogo, 2004
Prorodon
P. discolor
or Holophrya ?
125 μm
Saitama, 1999
Prorodon
P. teres
or H. teres
200 μm, x 200
Japan, 1997
Prorodon teres
P. teres
or H. teres
198 μm, x 200
Japan, 199?
Prorodon
P. teres
or H. teres
170 μm, x 200
Japan, 199?
Prorodon viridis
P. viridis
or H. ovum ?
141 μm
with Chlorella
Sanda
Hyogo, 2001
Prorodon
P. viridis
or H. ovum ?
193 μm, x 200
cyto. vacuolated
Mishima
Shizuoka, 2001
P. viridis ?
cell μm
Japan, 1998
Prorodon
Prorodon sp.
356 x 155 μm
Komado marsh
Showa & Tajima
Fukushima, 2007
Prorodon
P. ovum
125 x 75 μm
Japan, 1997
Prorodon
P. ovum
119 x 63 μm
Japan, 1997
Prorodon
P. ovum
106 x 56 μm
Tanohara Natural p.
Ontake highland
Nagano, 2005
Prorodon teres
P. ovum
100 x 69 μm
Japan, 199?
Prorodon
P. ovum
100 x 45 μm
Japan, 1997
Prorodon
P. ovum ?
75 μm
Tatebayashi
Gunma, 2001
Prorodon
P. ovum ?
76 x 50 μm
Mishima
Shizuoka, 2001
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Prorodon sp.
or Uronema ?
78 x 50 μm
Hanasaki water p.
Kazo
Saitama, 2005
Prorodon
P. minutus ?
73 μm
Saitama, 1999
Prorodon
Prorodon sp.
48 x 22 μm
Japan, 1998
Prorodon
P. elegans
100 μm, x 400?
Yamagata, 1999
Prorodon
Prorodon sp.
or Rhagadostoma ?
51 μm, x 640
Saitama, 1999
Prorodon
Prorodon sp.
or Rhagadostoma ?
μm, x 640
Wan-park-land
Kochi, 2002
Prorodon
P. diaphanus
41 x 27 μm
30 x 20 μm
Japan, 1999
Prorodon
P. diaphanus ?
μm
Japan, 1999
Prorodon
Prorodon sp.
105 x 56 μm
Oura central p.
Oura
Gunma, 2006

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