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Prostomatea: Prorodontida : Urotrichidae

Urotricha farcta
Claparède & Lachmann 1859

Urotricha farcta Genus (laparède and Lachmann, 1858): Ovoid or cylindrical; apical cytopharynx; posterior bald; caudal cilia present; contractile vacuole posterior (Carey, 1992).
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Urotricha farcta ?, cell body 31 μm long, 19-21 μm wide, caudal cilium 12 μm long, x 400, Japan, 1998 by Y. Tsukii
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U. farcta (Stokes, 1886) Kahl, 1930: Small; 20 μm long; pyriform or pyramidal in shape; posterior without ciliation except for a singlecaudal cilium; cytostome small; macronucleus spherical, centrally placed (Carey, 1992). --> U. farcta ?? (Kudo, 1966).


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