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 • Taxonomy (ITIS)

   Kingdom    Animalia
      Phylum    Ciliophora
         Class    Ciliatea
            Subclass    Rhabdophorina
               Family    Amphileptidae
                  Genus    Loxophyllum

 • Taxonomy (NCBI)
   Superkingdom    Eukaryota
      ---    Alveolata
         ---    Ciliophora
            Class    Litostomatea
               Subclass    Haptoria
                  Order    Pleurostomatida
                     Genus    Loxophyllum

 • Length: 200-220 mm

 • Description:

    Loxophyllum is a medium size, predatory ciliate. Body flattened. Somewhat similar to Litonotus.

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