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Oligohymenophorea: Hymenostomatia: Scuticociliatida: Philasterina: Uronematidae

Uronema
Dujardin, 1841

Suborder: Paroral dikinetid shorter than other oral structures; no ribbed wall from paroral dikinetids towards cytostome (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Family: Small, < 50 μm, ovoid; anterior pole flat, round, unciliated; scuticovestige ciliated; long oral area.

Genus: Cytostome at or ahead of equator (Illustrated Guide, 1985; cytostome behind equator -->> Uropedalium, Urocyclon, Homalogastra). Anterior region not ciliated; cytostome on the ventral side close to left border in the anterior half; contractile vacuole terminal (Kudo, 1966). Ovoid, pyriform or elongate; cytostome small just above the equator; caudal cilium; somatic ciliation bipolar; a macronucleus anterior; a contractile vacuole posterior (Carey, 1992).
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Uronema
U. marinum ?
cell 31-37 μm
Japan, 199?
Uronema
Uronema sp.1
cell 25-31 μm
Kawagoe
Saitama, 2001
Uronema
Uronema sp.1
cell μm
Midorigaoka park
Sukagawa
Fukushima, 2003
Uronema
Uronema sp.1
conjugation
Miyazawa
Furukawa
Miyagi, 2003
Uronema
Uronema sp.1
33 x 17 μm
Mizuko
Fujimi
Saitama, 2004
Uronema
Uronema sp.2
cell 31 μm
Japan, 199?
Uronema
Uronema sp.2
cell 20 μm
Saitama, 1999
Uronema
Uronema sp.3
cell 31-35 μm
Japan, 199?
Uronema
Uronema sp.4 ?
or Sathrophilus ?
cell 57 x 28 μm
Japan, 1999
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Uronema sp. ?
cell μm
Kawagoe
Saitama, 2002

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