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Litostomatea: Haptoria: Pleurostomatida: Litonotidae

 Litonotus triqueter
Penard, 1922
Syn.: Lionotus triqueter

Litonotus Genus: Flask-shaped; elongate, flattened; anterior region neck-like; cilia only on right side; without trichocyst-borders; cytostome with trichocysts; two macronuclei (Kudo, 1966).
Species: Cell body 70 μm long (Kahl, 1930).
Similar Genus ->> Loxophyllum; Amphileptus

Litonotus triqueter ?, cell body 48 μm long, 12 μm wide, x 640, a lotus pond at Ikoi-no-mori park, Fuchu city, Tokyo, Japan, March 10, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
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