Genus: With a vase-like chitinous lorica to which stalked or stalkless organism is attached; fresh or salt water; numerous species (Kudo, 1966). Transparent; ovoid; collar indistinct; in lorica (How to know the protozoa, 1979). Solitary or colonial; with firm lorica (theca) as a cup or tube; protoplast with 1 anterior flagellum encircled laterally by well-developed collar; contractile vacuoles posterior in fresh water species (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species:
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Salpingoeca sp.2
lorica μm long
Hiroshima, 1998![]()
Salpingoeca sp.
lorica μm long
Omiya
Saitama, 2001![]()
Salpingoeca sp.
lorica μm long
Toneri Park
Tokyo, 2001![]()
Salpingoeca sp.
lorica μm long
Tsuchiura
Ibaraki, 2002![]()
Salpingoeca sp.
lorica μm long
Higashi-sano
Hakuba
Nagano, 2004![]()
Salpingoeca sp.
lorica μm long
Nanbata-shinden
Fujimi
Saitama, 2004