Protozoa Guide review

Macrocoleps

genus / PROSTOMATIDA / COLEPIDAE

Description

Body elongate, sometimes tapered; large calcium carbonate plates not aligned across kineties with at least 12 plates along a kinety; anterior and caudal spines; possibly endemic only to Lake Baikal (Fig. 15). f(i?!!JS5... ': : ;. Detail of skeletal plates of Macrocoleps aculeatus. (from Obolkina, 1995)

Type species

Figures

Figure 15
Fig. 15
A. Macrocoleps caudatus, ventral view. B.

Raw text

Body elongate, sometimes tapered; large
calcium carbonate plates not aligned across
kineties with at least 12 plates along a kinety;
anterior and caudal spines; possibly endemic only
to Lake Baikal (Fig. 15).
f(i?!!JS5... ': :
;.
Detail of skeletal plates of Macrocoleps aculeatus.
(from Obolkina, 1995)