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Litostomatea: Haptoria: Haptorida: Enchelyidae

 Enchelyodon sp.
Claparède and Lachmann, 1859

Enchelyodon Genus: Ovoid or cylindrical in shape; anterior rounded or drawn out into an elongate snout; cytostome apical; dorsal brush present, formed by paired kinetosomes (Carey, 1992). Oral region truncated with flat membranous region forward of oral dikinetids (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species:

Enchelyodon sp. (or Prorodon or Holophrya ??), cell body μm long, μm wide, a single ovoid macronucleus, a contractile vacuole at posterior, x 400, x 640, Vermont-Maine U.S.A., August 7-13, 1999, by Y. Tsukii
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Enchelyodon Enchelyodon Enchelyodon
Enchelyodon Enchelyodon Enchelyodon

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