Spirotrichea:
Stichotrichida: Amphisiellidae
Paraurostyla sp.
Gourret and Roeser, 1888
Family: Cirri in 2 marginal, 1 frontoventral files; cirral files straight;
more than 1 frontoventral file extends past middle of body (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Genus: Cell body ovoid or elongate with numerous longitudinal ventral files (cirral rows);
buccal cavity not extensive; frontal cirri clearly differentiated from others; two macronuclei (Carey, 1992).
Species:
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Similar Genus -> > Holosticha;
Balladyna;
Urostyla
Paraurostyla sp. ??, stock TW-1, protargol-stained by A. Kihara,
cell body 147 μm long, 44 μm wide,
with lateral stiff cirri,
x 400, x 640, Saitama Pref., Japan, May-June 1999 by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Paraurostyla,
cell body 135 μm long, 42 μm wide,
x 400, x 640, October 1999, Saitama Pref., stained by A. Kihara, photo by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
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