Description of Epiplocylis healdi
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Tintinnid ciliate, lorica length 65-77 microns, diameter at mouth 43-48 microns and (including collar) 52-54 microns. The mouth is double with an erect inner and a spreading outer collar. In most cases there are reticulations on the lower third of the bowl, and from these 10-17 vertical anastomosing striae extend to, or almost to, the collar. The anastomoses vary, however, and are sometimes so frequent that the whole bowl appears to be reticulated. At the lip of the collar the primary structure is coarse and consists of large meshes, but it rapidly becomes very fine.
