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Colpodea: Cyrtolophosidida: Cyrtolophosididae

 Cyrtolophosis sp.
Stokes, 1885

Cyrtolophosis Genus: Ovoid, inhabiting a mucilaginous sac or lorica; vestibulum large and shallow, occupying 1/3 of ventral surface; on the right of the vestibulum lie a short row of long curved cilia; a macronucleus; contractile vacuole subterminal (Carey, 1992).
Species:

Cyrtolophosis sp., cell body 33-39 μm long, 14-15 μm wide, x 400, x 640, rice field, Konuma, Sakado city, Saitama Pref., Japan, July 18, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Cyrtolophosis Cyrtolophosis Cyrtolophosis

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