Genus: Flask-shaped; elongate, flattened; anterior region neck-like; cilia only on right side; without trichocyst-borders; cytostome with trichocysts; two macronuclei (Kudo, 1966).
Species: Long, thin and contractile; cell body is 200 μm long with a very long and thin neck region and pointed tail; laterally compressed; two macronuclei; a large contractile vacuole with small satellites (Carey, 1992). 500 μm long (Kahl, 1931).
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Two macronuclei ![]()
L. cygnus
by Dirk Klos
200-300 μm
sewage plant
Bavaria
Germany, 2004![]()
L. cygnus
217-350 μm
Japan, 1997![]()
L. cygnus
feeding, cell division
Japan, 1997![]()
L. cygnus
350 μm
Japan, 1998![]()
L. cygnus
330 x 25 μm
Kurome river
Asaka
Saitama, 2006![]()
L. cygnus
310 μm
Saitama, 2000L. cygnus
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cell μm
Japan, 1998L. cygnus
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cell μm
Japan, 1998![]()
L. cygnus
μm
Takamatsu
Kagawa, 2002![]()
L. cygnus
μm
Tama river
Setagaya ku
Tokyo, 2004![]()
L. cygnus
μm
Koma river
Sakado
Saitama, 2003![]()
L. cygnus
210 x 30 μm
Imou bog
Toyohashi
Aichi, 2004![]()
L. cygnus ?
160 x 25 μm
Myoyo
Fukiage
Saitama, 2004Similar Genus ->> Loxophyllum; Amphileptus