 
 
Spirotrichea: 
Stichotrichida: Kahliellidae (formerly Cladotichidae)
Engelmanniella sp.
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With 1 left and 1 right marginal file; transverse row of 2-3 cirri at extreme ventral anterior; 
more than 2 other frontal cirri not in transverse row nor in longitudinal file (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Species:
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Engelmanniella sp. ?,  
175 μm long, 2 ventral and 2 marginal rows of cirri, lateral rows of stiff cirri, 
peristome 1/4 of the cell length, AZM not U-shaped, two macronuclei, 
x 400, x 640, Japan, May-June 1999 by Y. Tsukii
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Perisincirra: 
With 1 left and 1 right marginal file; transverse row of 2-3 cirri at extreme ventral anterior; 
less than 2 other frontal cirri not in transverse row nor in longitudinal file (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Lamtostyla: 
With 1 left and 1 right marginal file; transverse row of 2-3 cirri at extreme ventral anterior; 
more than 2 other frontal cirri not in transverse row nor in longitudinal file (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Engelmanniella: 
With 2 left and 2 right marginal files (Illustrated Guide, 1985). 
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