Genus (Claparède and Lachmann, 1858):
Ovoid or cylindrical; apical cytopharynx; posterior bald; caudal cilia present;
contractile vacuole posterior (Carey, 1992).
Species: Small; 15-20 μm long; swimming as well as leaping movement; standing fresh water (Kudo, 1966). |
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Urotricha (agilis ?),
cell body well fed, 27 μm long, 17 μm wide,
x 400, x 640, Japan, May-June 1999 by Y. Tsukii
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