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Colpodea: Cyrtolophosidida: Cyrtolophosididae

Cyrtolophosis sp.
Stokes, 1885

Cyrtolophosis Genus: Ovoid, inhabiting a mucilaginous sac or lorica; vestibulum large and shallow, occupying 1/3 of ventral surface; on the right of the vestibulum lie a short row of long curved cilia; a macronucleus; contractile vacuole subterminal (Carey, 1992).
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Cyrtolophosis sp., cell body 25 μm long, 9 μm wide, cytostome 7 μm long, x 640, Naga-ike (pond), Shinbaru, Sue-machi (Sue town), Fukuoka Pref., Japan, October 2001 by Y. Tsukii
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