Genus: Body long, rear usually pointed (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Elogate; snout or neck-like prolongation (proboscis) conspicuous; contractile vacuoles two or more (Kudo, 1966).
Contractile vacuoles usually lie in a row along the dorsal surface (Carey, 1992).
Species: 300 μm long;
both neck and tail region elongate and flexible; macronucleus in two sausage-shaped;
a single contractile vacuole posterior (Carey, 1992).
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