Strombidium compressum

(Leegaard, 1915)
Kahl, 1932

Body conical, posterior portion longitudinally striped (owing to extrusomes or subpellicular platelet layer) and bluntly pointed. Oral cavity inconspicuous. Continuous equatorial kinety almost in mid-body, composed of monokinetids (preparation artifact?). Short ventral kinety in posterior 1/3 of body. Adoral zone continuous, composed of 12-15 anterior and 6-8 ventral adoral membranelles. One equatorial girdle of about 10 µm-long extrusomes (after protargol impregnation). Size of protargol-impregnated specimens 17-28 x 13.

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