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Spirotrichea: Stichotrichia: Stichotrichina: Spirofilidae

 Stichotricha aculeata
Wrzesniowski 1870

Stichotricha Family: Cirral files spiral obliquely around body.
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).
Species: 100 μm long; with endosymbiotic algae; fresh water (Kahl, 1930).

Stichotricha aculeata Wrzesniowski, with endosymbiotic Chlorella-like algae, cell body 108 μm long, 20 μm wide, L/W=, cirri up to about 11 μm long, x 640, No. 2, Iroha-numa (marsh/bog), Zao mountain, Yamagata city, Yamagata Pref., Japan, August 2, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Images of collecting locality: No. 2, Iroha-numa (marsh/bog), Zao mountain, Yamagata city, Yamagata Pref., Japan, August 2, 2006 by Y. Tsukii

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