Prostomatea:
Prorodontida : Urotrichidae
Urotricha sp.
Genus (Claparède and Lachmann, 1858):
Ovoid or cylindrical; apical cytopharynx; posterior bald; caudal cilia present;
contractile vacuole posterior (Carey, 1992).
Species:
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Ulotricha sp. (U. simonsbergeri ?),
cell body 40 μm long, 32 μm wide,
x 640, Hakama marsh (or bog), Madarao highland (Niigata & Nagano Pref.), Myoko village, Niigata Pref., Japan, May 15, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Urotricha globosa Schewiakoff, 1893:
18 μm long, spherical in shape;
cell body ciliated except at rear where a single caudal cilium emerges;
macronucleus large and spherical; contractile vacuole posterior
(Carey, 1992).
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