Description of Cercomonas crassicauda
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Cercomonad cells which are elongate-ovate, from two to two and a half times as long as broad, its substance granulate; caudal filament usually very thick at its base, tapering to a fine point at its distal end, about equal in length to the body; anterior flagellum finer and longer than the caudal filament; two or three contractile vacuoles, located near the anterior extremity; nucleus subcentral. Length of body 27 microns.
