Description
Oral cavity an anterior depression enc ircled on its right side by 8-10 vestibular kineties ; broad polykinetid 2 bordered by long er polykinetids 1 and 3; carnivorous (Fig . 17) . SUBORDER OPHRYOGLENINA Canella, 1964 With organelle of Li eberku hn ; histophagous parasites of invertebrates or fi sh; compl ex I i fe cycles (Figs . 2, 3 above) ; a swimm ing theront (dispersal) stage; resting cysts occur; two fam ilies . t B. Anterior pole . (from Ganner et al., 1988) b 9 <9 e? 1. Th eront has Tetra hym ena-l ike microstome ; trophont's oral ci li a reduced ; ectoparasites of fis h .. . ...... ................... .. .. lchthyophthi rii 1'. Oral apparatus of trophont complex with posterior of polykinetid 2 enlarged , its cilia beating like a small brush; histophagous on dying or dead invertebrates ... Ophryog lenidae l (from Corliss , 1979) B. Oral detail of th eront. (from Cane ll a and Rocchi-Canella , 1976)
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Oral cavity an anterior depression enc ircled on its right side by 8-10 vestibular kineties ; broad polykinetid 2 bordered by long er polykinetids 1 and 3; carnivorous (Fig . 17) . SUBORDER OPHRYOGLENINA Canella, 1964 With organelle of Li eberku hn ; histophagous parasites of invertebrates or fi sh; compl ex I i fe cycles (Figs . 2, 3 above) ; a swimm ing theront (dispersal) stage; resting cysts occur; two fam ilies . t B. Anterior pole . (from Ganner et al., 1988) b 9 <9 e? 1. Th eront has Tetra hym ena-l ike microstome ; trophont's oral ci li a reduced ; ectoparasites of fis h .. . ...... ................... .. .. lchthyophthi rii 1'. Oral apparatus of trophont complex with posterior of polykinetid 2 enlarged , its cilia beating like a small brush; histophagous on dying or dead invertebrates ... Ophryog lenidae l (from Corliss , 1979) B. Oral detail of th eront. (from Cane ll a and Rocchi-Canella , 1976)