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).

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L. olor μm Japan, 199?	L. olor μm Japan, 1997	L. olor μm Japan, 1998 Movies	L. olor μm Toneri Park Tokyo, 2001
L. olor Shinagawa Tokyo, 2003	L. olor 240 x 15 μm Omine-numa 4 Minakami Gunma, 2007
Lacrymaria sp.1 μm Japan, 199?	L. sapropelica μm Uruguay, 1999	Lacrymaria sp.2 or Trachelophyllum μm Japan, 1998	L. olor ? abnormal ? μm Onnenai Kushiro marsh Hokkaido, 2005

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