Genus: Body blunt at rear; kineties spiralled when body contracts (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: 300 μm long;
no expansion or attenuation of the body (?);
peristome 1/2 body length; simple ovoid macronucleus;
(Carey, 1992).
150-400 μm long; with one, oval macronucleus
(How to know the protozoa, 1979).
Spirostomum teres,
cell body 500 μm long, 44 μm wide,
peristome 200 μm long (2/5 of the body length),
a single elongated ellipsoidal (or rod-shaped ?) macronucleus,
x 400, x 640, Japan, April 1999, by Y. Tsukii 50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640