Oligohymenophorea
(formerly Nassophorea): Peniculida: Frontoniina: Frontoniidae
Frontonia depressa
(Stokes, 1886)
Frontonia parvula Penard, 1922
Genus: Postoral kineties usually to left of oral poykinetids (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Left edge is more curved than right edge; cytopharynx with numerous strong fibrils; ectoplasm with
numerous fusiform trichocysts; macronucleus oval; one to several micronulei (Kudo, 1966).
Species:
Cell body 60-80 μm long; macronucleus short sausage-shaped; a single micronucleus; a single contractile vacuole
(Kahl, 1930).
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Frontonia depressa (Stokes) ?,
cell body 75 μm long, 44 μm wide, L/W=1.7,
x 640, No.1, Azami-ike (pond), Norikura highland, Azumi, Matsumoto city, Nagano Pref., November 4, 2007 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
No.1, Azami-ike (pond), Norikura highland, Azumi, Matsumoto city, Nagano Pref., November 4, 2007 by Y. Tsukii
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