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Spirotrichea: Stichotrichida: Sporadotrichina: Oxytrichidae

Stylonychia notophora
Stokes, 1885

Stylonychia notophora Family: Frontoventral cirri scattered on forward, mid- and rear areas of ventrum.
Genus: Marginal cirri not confluent at rear; oral cavity wide, expansive; caudal cirri (usually 3) prominent (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Cell body ovoid to elongate, inflexible; large AZM supported anteriorly by a collar; two rows of marginal cirri not confluent posteriorly; strongly-developed frontoventral & transverse cirri present; three long, stiff caudal cilia; dorsal surface ornamented by short rows of cirri; two macronuclei; cyst stage recorded in some species (Carey, 1992).
8 (3 + 2 + 3) frontal, 5 ventral, 5 transverse, 3 caudal cirri.

Species: About 125 μm long (Kudo, 1966).


Stylonichia sp. (notophora ?), cell body 125 μm long (left), starved cells 94 μm long, type A starved cell: body laterally narrowed when starved (center & right), x 400, Japan, 199? by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400
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Stylonichia sp. (notophora ?),
type B starved cells: only posterior part of body narrowed when starved, x 400, by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400
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