Protozoa Guide review

VORTICELLIDAE

family / SESSILIDA / VORTICELLIDAE

Description

Solitary , gregarious , or colonial; most are aloricate ; each zooid has its own independently contractile myoneme in full length of stalk ; 1 1 genera. b LM 1. Solitary .......... .... ... .... ... .... ... .. ... .......... Vorticella 1'. Colonial. ...... .... .. .. ..... ... .. ..... ..... .......... ..... ...... 2. Basal part of stalk contractile ...... .. Carchesium 2' . Basal part of stalk non-contractile ..... .. .......... ... 3 3. Within cup-l ike lorica ...... .. ..... ..... .... . Ruthiel/a 3' . Without lorica ..... ..... .. ...... ...... ... .. lntranstylum

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Solitary , gregarious , or colonial; most are
aloricate ; each zooid has its own independently
contractile myoneme in full length of stalk ; 1 1
genera.
b
LM
1. Solitary .......... .... ... .... ... .... ... .. ... .......... Vorticella
1'. Colonial. ...... .... .. .. ..... ... .. ..... ..... .......... ..... ......
2. Basal part of stalk contractile ...... .. Carchesium
2' . Basal part of stalk non-contractile ..... .. .......... ... 3
3. Within cup-l ike lorica ...... .. ..... ..... .... . Ruthiel/a
3' . Without lorica ..... ..... .. ...... ...... ... .. lntranstylum