Genus: When extended, trumpet-shaped or cylindrical; highly contractile; some with mucilaginous lorica; conspicuous peristomal field frontal; contractile vacuole anterior-left; fresh water (Kudo, 1966).
Species: Body trumpet-shaped; macronucleus moniliform; 1-2 mm when extended; contractile vacuole anterior; pellicle dark, bluish-green color (How to know the protozoa, 1979).
Cell body slenderly trumpet shaped, 1000-2000 μm long when fully extended; macronucleus moniliform; cortical granules blue-green; without symbiotic algae (Foissner and Wölfl, 1994).
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S. coeruleus
mac. moniliform
no bristles
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Japan, 1999
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S. coeruleus
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Niigata, 2001
S. coeruleus
mac. moniliform
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Gyoda
Saitama, 2001
S. coeruleus
mac. moniliform
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Kasai Seaside Park
Tokyo, 2001
S. coeruleus
mac. moniliform
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Sendabori
Chiba, 2002
S. coeruleus
stock Ika-1
mac. moniliform
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Kasama Park
Ibaraki, 2002
S. coeruleus
stock Ika-1
mac. moniliform
μm
Kasama Park
Ibaraki, 2002
S. coeruleus
mac. moniliform
μm
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