Planilamina ovata, MA ET AL., 2006

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PLANILAMINA OVATA MA ET AL., 2006

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Improved diagnosis: Cell size 35–80 × 30–50 μm in vivo; laterally flattened, discoid or ovate in side view; deep oral cavity composed of a pre-oral kinety (rarely two), two circumoral kineties and seven to 13 infundibular kineties; no nematodesmal rods; 38–58 right kineties, three to four left kineties; four kinetofragments located in the left ahead of the podite; macronucleus ovoid; one contractile vacuole adjacent to cytostome.