Litostomatea: 
Haptoria: Pharyngophorida: Tracheliidae
Dileptus sp.
 
Genus: Body long, rear usually pointed (Illustrated Guide, 1985).  
Elogate; snout or neck-like prolongation (proboscis) conspicuous; contractile vacuoles two or more (Kudo, 1966).  
Contractile vacuoles usually lie in a row along the dorsal surface (Carey, 1992).  
 
Species: 
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	Trachelius; 
	Paradileptus; 
Dileptus sp., 
cell body 190 μm long, 18 μm wide, L/W=, 
two contractile vacuoles present, macronuclei ellipsoidal in shape ?, 
x 400, x 640, Onnenai, Kushiro marsh, Kushiro city, Hokkaido, Japan, October 16, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
 50 μm
 100 μm
 150 μm; x 400 : 
 31 μm
 63 μm
 94 μm; x 640
x 640
Dileptus sp., 
cell body 210 μm long, 28 μm wide, L/W=, 
2 ellipsoidal macronuclei present, 
x 400, x 640, Onnenai, Kushiro marsh, Kushiro city, Hokkaido, Japan, October 16, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
 50 μm
 100 μm
 150 μm; x 400 : 
 31 μm
 63 μm
 94 μm; x 640
x 640
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