Genus: Body ovoid, inflexible; ventral surface flattened, dorsal surface convex; peristome broadly triangular (Kudo, 1966). Cell body is ovoid, dorsoventrally flattened; dorsal surface may be equipped with some ornamentation; three groups of cirri (frontoventral, transverse & caudal); macronucleus C-shaped, "3"-shaped, or horsehoe-shaped (Carey, 1992). Species: 110 μm long; body is not ornamented (no ridges), peristome large, wide, extending 1/2 of the cell length; AZM narrow; 9 frontoventral, 5 transverse, 4 caudal; macronucleus C-shaped (Carey, 1992). 6 dorsal ridges (How to know the protozoa, 1979). ???

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Euplotes patella, silver-stained, by Y. Tsukii

Euplotes patella, double-stained with azure C and fastgreen, x 400, by Y. Tsukii
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