Lagotia, large folliculinid with an ampulla that lies on the ground and a cylindrical rising neck with spiral marks. With a compact macronucleus. Body variable in colour but usually blue green and with two broad arms. This image of a group of cells from Sagami Bay provided by Nishikawa Teruaki, of the Nagoya University Museum, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601, JAPAN.