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Litostomatea: Haptoria: Pharyngophorida: Tracheliidae

Dileptus sp.
Dujardin, 1841 (1840 ?)

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 500 μm long, μm wide, x 400, x 640, Japan, May-June 1999 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 Dileptus Dileptus Dileptus
Ingestion of Halteria grandis
Dileptus Dileptus Dileptus Dileptus Dileptus Dileptus
Dileptus Dileptus Dileptus Dileptus Dileptus Dileptus Dileptus


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