Species: Colorless; with symbiotic Chlorella; 1-2 mm long when extended;
macronucleus beaded; anterior end expanded (Kudo, 1966).
Elongate, may attain 1-2 mm; peristome wide; macronucleus moniliform;
no somatic bristles; colourless but zoochlorellae may be present (Carey, 1992).
Cell body slenderly trumpet shaped, up to 2 mm long when fully extended; macronucleus moniliform (more than 10 connected beads); cortical granules colourless; with symbiotic green algae (Foissner and Wölfl, 1994). |
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
No. 6, Miyatoko marsh, Minami-Aizu town, Fukushima Pref., Japan, June 15, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
