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Oligohymenophorea (formerly Nassophorea): Peniculida: Frontoniina: Frontoniidae

 Frontonia vernalis
Ehrenberg, 1833

Genus: Postoral kineties usually to left of oral poykinetids (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Left edge is more curved than right edge; cytopharynx with numerous strong fibrils; ectoplasm with numerous fusiform trichocysts; macronucleus oval; one to several micronulei (Kudo, 1966).
Species:

Frontonia vernalis, stock Hsf-32, cell body μm long, μm wide, x 640, Fukada Park, Sanda city, Hyogo Pref., Japan, November 2001 by Y. Tsukii
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