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Litostomatea: Haptoria: Pharyngophorida: Tracheliidae

Dileptus sp.

Dileptus 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:
Similar Genus ->> 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
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Dileptus gabonensis
x 640
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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
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Dileptus Dileptus
x 640
Dileptus Dileptus Dileptus Dileptus Dileptus


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