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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 27 μm long, 9 μm wide, cytostome 7 μm long, x 400, x 640, Tega-numa, Abiko city, Chiba Pref., Japan, October 2000 by Y. Tsukii
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Chyrtolophosis Chyrtolophosis

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