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Spirotrichea: Stichotrichia: Stichotrichina: Spirofilidae

 Stichotricha secunda
(Claparède and Lachmann, 1858) Perty, 1849

Stichotricha secunda Family: Cirral files spiral obliquely around body.
Genus: Slender or ovoid or fusiform; usually 4 spiral rows of crri; sometimes tube-dwelling (Kudo, 1966). Body long with pointed anterior; loricate; posterior of body blunt, round (Illustrated Guide, 1985). S. gracilis posterior end pointed (Carey, 1992).
Species: 130-200 μm long; fresh water (Kudo, 1966).

Stichotricha secunda Perty, cell body 110 μm long, 20 μm wide, L/W=, x 400, x 640, Yamanohana, Oze-ga-hara (Oze marsh), Katashina village, Gunma Pref., Japan, June 29, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
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Cell body 85 μm long, 25 μm wide, L/W=, x 640
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Images of collecting locality: Yamanohana, Oze-ga-hara (Oze marsh), Katashina village, Gunma Pref., Japan, June 29, 2006 by Y. Tsukii

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