An annotated and revised checklist of pleurostome ciliates (Protista: Ciliophora: Litostomatea) from Slovakia, Central Europe Author Vďačný, Peter Author Rajter, Ľubomír text Zootaxa 2014 2014-02-04 3760 4 501 521 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3760.4.1 1b1f8bfa-3a27-4079-99bf-e2b0232c1b05 1175-5326 225465 A2E3A664-E992-40AB-8327-59998302652D Loxophyllum rostratum Cohn, 1866 Loxophyllym rostratum — Matis & Tirjaková 1992 : 52 . Main morphological characters (according to Lin et al. 2008 ). Length 100–300 × 40–70 µm in vivo . Body lanceolate with narrowly to broadly rounded posterior body end. Two macronuclear nodules with a single micronucleus in between. Contractile vacuole slightly subterminal. Extrusomes rod-shaped and sometimes slightly curved, 5–8 µm long, distributed along entire ventral margin and clustered into 6–12 warts on dorsal margin. Somatic ciliary pattern Loxophyllum -like; 16–19 right and 6–9 left kineties. Distribution. This species was found in the backwaters of the Danube River in Čičov ( Matis & Tirjaková 1992 ).