Litonotus hirundo Rosa 1957: 228 Matis 1988: 58 An annotated and revised checklist of pleurostome ciliates (Protista: Ciliophora: Litostomatea) from Slovakia, Central Europe Vďačný, Peter Rajter, Ľubomír Zootaxa 2014 2014-02-04 3760 4 501 521 3VM9T Penard, 1920 Penard 1920 [151,526,799,824] Gymnostomatea Litonotidae Litonotus Chromista Pleurostomatida 13 514 Ciliophora species hirundo     Litonotus hirundo—  Rosa 1957: 228;  Matis 1988: 58.   Main morphological characters(according to Kahl 1931). Length 60–80 µm in vivo. Body lanceolate with narrowly rounded posterior body end; left side vaulted with four longitudinal furrows. Two macronuclear nodules with a single micronucleus in between. Contractile vacuole shown as terminal, but described as subterminal. Extrusomes broadly fusiform, 3 µm long, scattered in cytoplasm and possibly also attached to oral bulge. Somatic ciliary pattern  Litonotus-like; about 6 right kineties.   Distribution.This species was reported from soils with dense plant covers near Javorina in the Tatra National Park ( Rosa 1957) and from organic mud of activated sludge plants in the town of Bratislava ( Matis 1988).