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Spirotrichea: Stichotrichia: Stichotrichina: Spirofilidae

Stichotricha
(Claparède and Lachmann, 1858) Perty, 1849

Suborder: Ventral cirri as 1 or more files of varied length; linear.
Family: Cirral files spiral obliquely around body (Illustrated Guide, 1985).

Genus: Slender or ovoid or fusiform; usually 4 spiral rows of crri; sometimes tube-dwelling (Kudo, 1966). Body long with pointed anterior; loricate; posterior of body blunt, round (Illustrated Guide, 1985). S. gracilis posterior end pointed (Carey, 1992).
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Stichotricha
Stichotricha sp.
250 μm
USA, 1999
Stichotricha
S. secunda
150 μm
Japan, 1997
Stichotricha
S. secunda
146 μm
Saitama, 1999
Stichotricha
S. secunda
140 μm
Chiba Park
Chiba, 2003
Stichotricha secunda
S. secunda
125 x 20 μm
Numa-no-hara m.
Madarao highland
Niigata, 2005
Stichotricha
S. secunda
115 x 20 μm
near Yamaguchi Univ.
Yamaguchi, 2004
Stichotricha secunda
S. secunda
115 x 18 μm
Onnenai
Kushiro marsh
Hokkaido, 2005
Stichotricha
S. secunda
110 x 20 μm
Oze-ga-hara
Katashina
Gunma, 2006
Stichotricha
S. secunda
μm
Tatsumi-ike
Nagano
Nagano, 2008
Stichotricha
S. secunda
105 μm
Japan, 1998
Stichotricha
S. secunda ?
105 x 18 μm
Numa-no-hara m.
Madarao highland
Niigata, 2005
Stichotricha
S. secunda ?
101 μm
Japan, 1998
Movies
Stichotricha
S. secunda ?
101 μm
Japan, 1998
Movies
S. secunda ?
cell μm
Japan, 1999
S. secunda ?
cell μm
Japan, 1998
S. secunda ?
cell μm
Japan, 1998
Stichotricha
S. secunda ?
90 x 17 μm
Kumakubo
Nasu-shiobara
Tochigi, 2005
Stichotricha secunda
S. secunda
145 x 25 μm
Nozomiko 2
Iiyama
Nagano, 2007
Stichotricha
S. socialis ?
170 μm
Kazo
Saitama, 2003
Stichotricha socialis
S. socialis ?
150 x μm
Omine-numa
Tsukiyono
Gunma, 2003
Stichotricha
Stichotricha
μm
Nabekura highland
Iiyama
Nagano, 2008
Stichotricha aculeata
S. aculeata ?
or S. socialis ?
135 x 20 μm
Watarase Wetland
Fujioka
Tochigi, 2005
Stichotricha aculeata
S. aculeata
104 x 20 μm
near Karakemi m.
Omachi
Nagano, 2005
Stichotricha
S. aculeata
108 x 20 μm
Iroha-numa 2
Zao mountain
Yamagata, 2006
Stichotricha
S. aculeata ?
100 x μm
Naruto
Chiba, 2003
Stichotricha
S. aculeata ?
75 x μm
Senjo-ga-hara
Nikko
Tochigi, 2003
Stichotricha
S. aculeata ?
μm
Naruto
Chiba, 2003
Stichotricha
Stichotricha sp.
μm
Motono
Chiba, 2003

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Stichotricha
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