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Karyorelictea: Loxodida: Loxodidae

Loxodes sp.
Ehrenberg, 1830

Loxodes Family: Body long, flat, with beak-like anterior rostrum; oral area in long ventral groove behind rostrum Müllerian vesicles in endoplasm.
Genus: Oral area round, behind rostrum, leads into tubular cavity (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species:


Loxodes sp. (vorax ?), cell body 200 μm long, 64 μm wide, x 400, Japan, 199? by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400
Loxodes
vorax Stokes: 125-140 μm long; yellowish brown (Kudo, 1966).


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