Litostomatea: Haptoria: Haptorida: Lacrymariidae
Lacrymaria
Bory St Vincent, 1826
Genus: Body long, flask-shaped; apex a bulb with several short oblique kineties;
contractile (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Spindle- or flask-shaped; with a long contractile proboscis; cytostome round;
ciliary rows meridional or spiral to right (Kudo, 1966).
Lacrymaria sapropelica, x 400, x 640, Uruguay Nov. 1999, photo by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
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