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Litostomatea: Haptoria: Pharyngophorida: Tracheliidae

Dileptus sp.

Dileptus 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 sp., cell body 300 μm long, 23 μm wide, x 400, x 640, a wetland at Igashira park, Mooka city, Tochigi Pref., Japan, April 1, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
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Dileptus Dileptus Dileptus

Images of collecting locality: a wetland at Igashira park, Mooka city, Tochigi Pref., Japan, April 1, 2006 by Y. Tsukii


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