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Colpodea: Cyrtolophosidida: Cyrtolophosididae

 Cyrtolophosis sp.
Stokes, 1885

Cyrtolophosis Genus: Ovoid, inhabiting a mucilaginous sac or lorica; vestibulum large and shallow, occupying 1/3 of ventral surface; on the right of the vestibulum lie a short row of long curved cilia; a macronucleus; contractile vacuole subterminal (Carey, 1992).
Species:

Cyrtolophosis sp., cell body 28 μm long, 10 μm wide, cytostome 7 μm long, x 640, Higashi-Urawa (Minuma-tanbo), Saitama Pref., Japan, June 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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A dividing cell
Cyrtolophosis Cyrtolophosis Cyrtolophosis

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