Cercomonas sp.
Dujardin (= Cercobodo Krassilotschick)
Genus: Biflagellate, both arising from anterior end; one directed anteriorly and the other runs backward
over body surface as a trailing (recurrent) flagellum; body plastic (Kudo, 1966).
Small (10-15 μm);
body is generally pyriform to cylindrical
except for an ameboid variable posterior (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species:
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Cercomonas sp.,
cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=,
x 640, a small waterway at walking road along Kurome river, Kanayama-machi, Higashikurume city, Tokyo, Japan, April 20, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
a small waterway at walking road along Kurome river, Kanayama-machi, Higashikurume city, Tokyo, Japan, April 20, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
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