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Spirotrichea (formerly Heterotrichea): Odontostomatida: Epalxellidae

 Saprodinium sp.
Lauterborn, 1908

Saprodinium Family: Body box-shaped; body cilia as short segments of kinetids at front and rear.
Genus: > 4 caudal spines (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Laterally compressed; pellicle with ridges and folds; buccal cavity has a tooth-like projection on the anterior edge (Carey, 1992).
Species:
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Saprodinium sp. (halophilum ?), cell body 38 μm long, 6 or 7 caudal spines, x 400, Japan, 199? by Y. Tsukii
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S. dentatum Lauterborn, 1908: Ovoid; 80 μm long; three macronuclei (Carey, 1992).

S. halophilum Kahl, 1930-5: Ovoid; 50 μm long; two macronuclei (Carey, 1992).

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