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Litostomatea: Haptoria: Pharyngophorida: Tracheliidae

 Dileptus cygnus
(Claparède & Lachmann, 1859)

Dileptus cygnus Genus: Body long, rear usually pointed (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Elogate; snout or neck-like prolongation (proboscis) conspicuous; contractile vacuoles two or more (Kudo, 1966). Contractile vacuoles usually lie in a row along the dorsal surface (Carey, 1992).
Species:
Similar Genus ->> Trachelius; Paradileptus;

Dileptus cygnus, cell body about 680 μm long, 48 μm wide, proboscis about 1/3 of the body length, x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640, Seseragi marsh, Shiga highland, Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, September 26, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
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D. gigas: About 700 μm long; macronucleus sausage-shaped; contractile vacuoles line the dorsal surface and extend right to the tip of the neck region (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
D. monilatus (Stokes, 1886) Kahl, 1931: Elongate; 700 μm long; no separate tail region; macronucleus moniliform; contractile vacuoles line the dorsal surface and extend right to the tip of the neck region (Carey, 1992). Proboscis less than 1/4 of the body length.

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