![]() ![]() Spirotrichea: Heterotrichia: Blepharismidae: BlepharismaBlepharisma lateritium(Ehrenberg, 1831) Kahl, 1932
|
![]() Species: 60-200 μm long; 38-50 μm wide; cell body pointed anteriorly, rounded posteriorly, usually colored pale pink, but sometimes colorless; undulating membrane short, narrow; peristome extending half the body length; macronucleus ovoid; five or six micronuclei; contractile vacuole large (Giese, 1973). |
Images of collecting locality:
Suijo Park, Gyoda city, Saitama Pref., Japan, March 11, 2006 by Y. Tsukii