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Phyllopharyngea: Cyrtophorida: Chlamydodontina: Chilodonellidae

Trithigmostoma
Jankowski, 1967

Family: Anterior preoral kinetal arcs of all, body tapers at forward end (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Thigmotactic zone broad but no specialized adhesive area; cell body broad and flattened dorsoventrally; broad lobe projects to the left of the body; no isolated rows of somatic ciliature (Carey, 1992).
Genus: Right ventral body kineties extend directly backward; left ventral body kineties complete (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Morphologicall similar to Chilodonella but possesses a row of bristles on the dorsal anterior surface; cytostome oval with a protrusable cytopharyngeal basket; many contractile vacuoles (Carey, 1992).
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Trithigmostoma
T. algivora
76 μm
Kurihashi
Saitama, 2001
Trithigmostoma
T. algivora
49 μm
cyrtos ellipsoidal
Japan, 2000
Trithigmostoma
T. piscataris
76 μm, x640
cyrtos ellipsoidal
Ibaraki, 2000
Trithigmostoma
Trithigmostoma sp.
or Chilodonella ?
69 μm
Japan, 1997
Trithigmostoma
Trithigmostoma sp.
μm
Kagami-ishi
Fukushima, 2001
Trithigmostoma
Trithigmostoma sp. ?
or similar sp.
μm
Yamato
Kanagawa, 2003
Trithigmostoma
Trithigmostoma sp. ?
or similar sp.
94 x 53 μm
Iruma river
Kawagoe
Saitama, 2004
Trithigmostoma
Trithigmostoma sp. ?
or similar sp.
μm
drainage ditch
Yachiyo
Chiba, 2008

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