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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Vaginicolidae

 Platycola truncata
Fromentel, 1874

Platycola truncata Family: Loricate; with or without stalk; body slender, extensible, attached in lorica aborally; macronucleus long (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Genus: Lorica attached by long axis (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species:
Similar Genus ->> Thuricola; Vaginicola; Cothurnia; Pyxicola

Platycola truncata Fromentel, cell body 150 μm long, 8 μm wide, L/W=, peristome 20 μm wide, x 400, x 640, No. 2, Omotsubo marsh (omotubo marsh, Suzuran-no-sono), Tetta-cho, Niimi city (formerly Tetta cho), Okayama Pref., Japan, September 23, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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