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Mature trophont mobile, comparable to Denticles permanent telotroch ; holdfast-disc with skeletal central part w armature of an aboral denticulate ring and fibers outer blade ; around a vestigial scapula; trochal band permanently ciliated typically with three rings of cilia; symbiotic with other organisms ; five families . D pistylis lacustris, individual. B. Colony. individual. D. Colony. (from Nenninger, of holdfast complex , with inner ray , rt, and flattened blade .. .. ...... .. ....... ..... .. ......... ..... ...... ..... ....... ...... ... .. Trichodinidae simpler, smooth, tile-like .. ............... 2 er about equal to aboral diameter; at turn of oral cilia .. .. .... .. .... .. .............. ... 3 ter < aboral diameter; about one turn lia .. ... ........ ... ...... .. ... ... .......... .. .......... .. . .4 s elongate .... .. ... .... .. .Urceolariidae us bulbous, H-shaped ...... .. ...... ....... ... . . ... ..... ... ..... .... .... .. ... ........ .. ...Leiotrochidae trochal bands; long , thick-noded us ...... ..... ....... .... ........ .Polycycl idae l band ; nucleus compact, discoid ...... ... . .... ...... ....... ............ ..... ..Trichodinopsidae MILY TRICHODINIDAE Claus, 1874 of scapula complex , with inner ray , ith or without a spine, and flattened nine genera. CILIOPHORA, bLM 1. Blade of denticle sickle-shaped ; oral c iIi at u re making 112 to 314 turn around oral end .......... . ... . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1'. Blade not broad or sickle-shaped .... ................... 2 2. Central part of denticle robust with ray elongate and thin ; oral ciliature making 1 to 1 1 I 2 turns around oral end .... .. .. .. .. ...... .. Trichodina 2' . Central part of denticle reduced with ray of moderate length; oral ciliature making 2 1 I 2 to 3 turns around oral end .......... .... Vauchomia
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Mature trophont mobile, comparable to Denticles permanent telotroch ; holdfast-disc with skeletal central part w armature of an aboral denticulate ring and fibers outer blade ; around a vestigial scapula; trochal band permanently ciliated typically with three rings of cilia; symbiotic with other organisms ; five families . D pistylis lacustris, individual. B. Colony. individual. D. Colony. (from Nenninger, of holdfast complex , with inner ray , rt, and flattened blade .. .. ...... .. ....... ..... .. ......... ..... ...... ..... ....... ...... ... .. Trichodinidae simpler, smooth, tile-like .. ............... 2 er about equal to aboral diameter; at turn of oral cilia .. .. .... .. .... .. .............. ... 3 ter < aboral diameter; about one turn lia .. ... ........ ... ...... .. ... ... .......... .. .......... .. . .4 s elongate .... .. ... .... .. .Urceolariidae us bulbous, H-shaped ...... .. ...... ....... ... . . ... ..... ... ..... .... .... .. ... ........ .. ...Leiotrochidae trochal bands; long , thick-noded us ...... ..... ....... .... ........ .Polycycl idae l band ; nucleus compact, discoid ...... ... . .... ...... ....... ............ ..... ..Trichodinopsidae MILY TRICHODINIDAE Claus, 1874 of scapula complex , with inner ray , ith or without a spine, and flattened nine genera. CILIOPHORA, bLM 1. Blade of denticle sickle-shaped ; oral c iIi at u re making 112 to 314 turn around oral end .......... . ... . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1'. Blade not broad or sickle-shaped .... ................... 2 2. Central part of denticle robust with ray elongate and thin ; oral ciliature making 1 to 1 1 I 2 turns around oral end .... .. .. .. .. ...... .. Trichodina 2' . Central part of denticle reduced with ray of moderate length; oral ciliature making 2 1 I 2 to 3 turns around oral end .......... .... Vauchomia