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Choreotrichida: Tintinnina: Tintinnidiidae

 Tintinnidium flaviatile
Stein

Tintinnidium Genus:
Species:
Similar Genus -> > Halteria

Tintinnidium flaviatile Stein, 1863 (small variety ?), cell body 50 μm long, 17 μm wide, x 640, Nanbata castle park, Fujimi city, Saitama Pref., Japan, May 9, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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A dividing cell, x 640
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Strombidium sulcatum Claparède and Lachmann, 1858: Ovoid, 60 μm long; anterior bluntly pointed; AZM extends 1/3 the body length; posterior rounded; the region of cortical platelets from the equatorial cleft to posterior end; a band of trichites presents in this region (Carey, 1992).

Strombidium viridae Stein, 1867 (Syn. Strombidium nasutum Smith, 1897): Conical, with a well-developed peristomial collar; rounded posterior; 80 μm long; bundles of trichites make an equatorial band; posterior covered with polygonal cortical platelets; macronucleus vermiform (Carey, 1992).

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