Order/Family: Body ovoid, laterally compressed; body kineties of linear or loose groups of
hexagonally-packed polykinetids; edaphic (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Genus:
Species:
Phacodinium metchnicoffi (or Blepharisma ?),
cell body 96 μm long, 49 μm wide,
macronucleus spherical, 15 μm in diam.,
peristome 2/3 of the body length, 65 μm long (or 85 μm along AZM = adoral zone of membranelle),
a contractile vacuole posterior,
x 400, x 640, Saitama Pref., Japan, May-June 1999 by Y. Tsukii 50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Order/Family: Body ovoid, laterally compressed; body kineties of linear or loose groups of
hexagonally-packed polykinetids; edaphic (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
50 μm
