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Litostomatea: Haptoria: Haptorida: Trachelophyllidae

Trachelophyllum sp.
Claparéde and Lachmann, 1859

Trachelophyllum Genus: Elongate, flattened; flexible, ribbon-like; anterior end neck-like and tip truncate; cytopharynx narrow, with trichocysts; two macronuclei; contractile terminal (Kudo, 1966). Apex a low dome, not ventrally bent; body much flattened (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Neck is truncated transversely and carries a short snout-like tip (Carey, 1992).
Species:
Similar Genus ->> Lacrymaria; Ileonema


Trachelophyllum sp., cell body 150 μm long, 43 μm wide, gelatinous coats about 5 μm in thickness, x 400, x 640, Hakama marsh (or bog), Madarao highland (Niigata & Nagano Pref.), Myoko village, Niigata Pref., Japan, May 15, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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