Species: 0.5-1 mm long; anterior end expanded; body surface with groups of longer cilia; posterior portion drawn out and often within a gelatinous tube (lorica); macronucleus long band-form (Kudo, 1966). Body attenuated, peristome widely expanded, attains 0.5-1.0 mm; peristome has no central raised dome; somatic bristles present; gelatinous lorica; macronucleus moniliform but usually observed as a long rod; colourless (Carey, 1992).

50 μm 100 μm 150 μm; x 400 : 31 μm 63 μm 94 μm; x 640

Images of collecting locality: Azami-ike (pond), Norikura highland, Azumi, Matsumoto city (formerly Azumi village), Nagano Pref., Japan, June 8, 2006 by Y. Tsukii