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Description:

Tritrichomonads are small trichomonads (8-22 µm) with three anterior flagella and a recurrent flagellum forming a conspicuous undulating membrane with a posterior free portion. Costa stout or slender sustaining the undulating membrane; axostyle well developed; sausage-shaped parabasal. At the time of writing, there are about 20 species living in the intestinal tract of rodents, birds, reptiles and amphibians one species T. foetus is a parasite of the uro-genital tract of bovines. This image of Tritrichomonas augusta from the cloaca of amphibia and reptiles, three anterior flagella longer than those of Tritrichomonas muris, a recurrent flagellum forming an undulating membrane, posterior protruding axostyle (protargol and Giemsa staining).