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Prostomatea: Prorodontida : Urotrichidae

Urotricha sp.

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


Ulotricha sp., cell body μm long, μm wide, x 640, Kagami-gawa green area, Kochi city, Kochi Pref., Japan, November 2002 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Ulotricha Ulotricha

Urotricha globosa Schewiakoff, 1893: 18 μm long, spherical in shape; cell body ciliated except at rear where a single caudal cilium emerges; macronucleus large and spherical; contractile vacuole posterior (Carey, 1992).


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