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Nassophorea: Nassulida: Nassulina: Nassulidae

 Nassula aurea
Ehrenberg, 1833
->> Obertrumia aurea (Ehrenberg, 1833) Foissner, 1987

Nassula Family: Body ellipsoidal, uniformly ciliated; hypostomial frange short; prominent cytopharyngeal apparatus (Carey, 1992).
Genus: Oral aperture small, oval (Carey, 1992).
Species: Cell body ovoid or ellipsoidal, 250 μm long; frange reduced; cytopharyngeal basket long; a single contractile vacuole (Carey, 1992).
Similar species --> Paranassula

Nassula aurea (or Nassula gracilis ?), cell body 147 μm long, 76 μm wide, cyrtos 12 μm diam., trichocysts absent, contractile vacoule pore visualized, x 400, x 640, Bessho-numa, Urawa, Saitama Pref., Japan, July 2001 by Y. Tsukii
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Nassula

Nassula ornata Ehrenberg, 1833: 250 μm long, 180 μm wide (Kahl, 1931). Ovoid, 250 μm long; frange presents; a single contractile vacuole lie in the mid-body region; macronucleus with at least three micronuclei; many trichocysts present (Carey, 1992).

* Nassula aurea Ehrenberg, 1833: 250 μm long; L/W=2 (Kahl, 1931). Ovoid or elliptical, 250 μm long; reduced frange presents; long cytopharyngeal apparatus "cyrtos" presents; macronucleus with 2 to 4 micronuclei; a single contractile vacuole; trichocysts absent (Carey, 1992).

Nassula terminalis Ozaki & Yagiu, 1941: Ovoid, flattened and flexible; 150-210 μm long; anterior quarter narrower than the rest of the body; cytopharyngeal opening very long; macronucleus ovoid; single micronucleus; single contractile vacuole terminal; trichocysts absent (Carey, 1992).

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