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Litostomatea: Haptoria: Pharyngophorida: Tracheliidae

 Paradileptus elephantinus

Paradileptus Genus: Oblique segments of body kineties and their toxicysts extend along proboscis, curve around behind cytostome; with one proboscis (Illustrated guide, 1985).

Species: Cell body ovoid in shape, about 430 μm long with proboscis; macronucleus moniliform (Illustrated guide, 1985).
Similar genus -- >> Dileptus;

Paradileptus (elephantinus ?), cell body 430 μm long (slightly contracted), μm wide, macronucleus moniliform, many small contractile vauoles, x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640, Oyoshi park, Koshigaya, Saitama Pref., Japan, July 2001 by Y. Tsukii
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