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Cercomonadida:

Cercomonas sp.
Dujardin (= Cercobodo Krassilotschick)

Cercomonas Genus: Biflagellate, both arising from anterior end; one directed anteriorly and the other runs backward over body surface as a trailing (recurrent) flagellum; body plastic (Kudo, 1966). Small (10-15 μm); body is generally pyriform to cylindrical except for an ameboid variable posterior (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species:


Cercomonas sp., cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, x 640, a small waterway at walking road along Kurome river, Kanayama-machi, Higashikurume city, Tokyo, Japan, April 20, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Images of collecting locality: a small waterway at walking road along Kurome river, Kanayama-machi, Higashikurume city, Tokyo, Japan, April 20, 2008 by Y. Tsukii


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