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Colpodea: Cyrtolophosidida: Woodruffiidae

 Woodruffia sp.
Kahl, 1931

Woodruffia Genus: Ovoid, inhabiting a mucilaginous sac or lorica; vestibulum large and shallow, occupying 1/3 of ventral surface; on the right of the vestibulum lie a short row of long curved cilia; a macronucleus; contractile vacuole subterminal (Carey, 1992).
Species:

Woodruffia Kahl, 1931 (or Woodruffides Foissner, 1987 ?), cell body 208 μm long, 160 μm wide, x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640, Tatara-numa, Tatebayashi, Gumma Pref., Japan, June 2001 by Y. Tsukii
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