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Prostomatea: Prorodontida : Urotrichidae

 Urotricha sp.

Urotricha Genus (Claparède and Lachmann, 1858): Ovoid or cylindrical; apical cytopharynx; posterior bald; caudal cilia present; contractile vacuole posterior (Carey, 1992).
Species:

Urotricha sp. similar to U. agilis, cell body pyramidal in shape, 15 μm long, 17 μm wide, posterior without ciliation but two caudal cilia, 8 μm long, x 400, Japan, 1997 by Y. Tsukii
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Urotricha agilis: 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).

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