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Oligohymenophorea: Hymenostomatia: Scuticociliatida: Philasterina: Uronematidae

Uronema sp.
Dujardin, 1841

Uronema Genus: Cytostome at or ahead of equator (Illustrated Guide, 1985; cytostome behind equator -->> Uropedalium, Urocyclon, Homalogastra). Anterior region not ciliated; cytostome on the ventral side close to left border in the anterior half; contractile vacuole terminal (Kudo, 1966). Ovoid, pyriform or elongate; cytostome small just above the equator; caudal cilium; somatic ciliation bipolar; a macronucleus anterior; a contractile vacuole posterior (Carey, 1992).
Species:
Similar Genus ->> Cyclidium; Pleuronema


Uronema sp. ??, cell body 20 μm long, μm wide, x 400, x 640, Saitama Pref., Japan, May-June 1999 by Y. Tsukii
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