Genus:
Cell body ovoid, with pre-oral suture skewed left to a point; ventrally flattened, dorsally convex
(How to know the protozoa, 1979).
With distinct postoral ? beak or unciliated field in ventral body cilia; preoral kinety complete
(Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Dorsal surface lacks bristles (cf. with bristles Trithigmostoma) ;
central zone devoid of cilia (Carey, 1992).
Species: Nineteen to twenty ventral ciliary rows; oral basket with about twelve rods (nematodesmata) and with three preoral membranes; macronucleus oval, a characteristic concentric structure; micronuleus small; body 100-300 μm long (Kudo, 1966). 130-150 μm long (How to know the protozoa, 1979). 45 μm long, numerous contractile vacuoles (Carey, 1992). |
Chilodonella cucullulus,
cell body 150 μm long, 97 μm wide, 17 or 18 ventral ciliary rows,
x 200, x 400, Japan 199? by Y. Tsukii
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200 μm
300 μm; x 200
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150 μm; x 400
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