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Standard stain ing techniques to be used for slopalin es include Bod ian's protargol, silver Endocommensal flagell length , with 2 apica nit rate impreg nation , or Fernandez-Galiano's markedly ridged , but amm on iacal si lver imp regnatio n. fine hairs. A large d Opaline distribut ion in hosts is reviewed in near the anterior of Delvinquier and Patterson (1993). involves a cyst in wh Records mainly from t FAMILIES AND GENERA b 9<9 gella not arranged as kineties ily Proteromonadidae ... ... ... ... . 2 flagella arranged as kineties .. ... ... ..... .... ... ... Family Opalinidae .. .. .. 3 lla ........ ...... Proteromonas agella .. .. ... ..... Karotomorpha .... ... ........ ...... .. ..... .... ... ... .... .... .. 4 ..... .. ... ..... ... ...... .... .... ... .. .... ..... 6 marginal falx extending along tly transverse to the xis of the cell. ......... ... ...... 5 axial falx running mostly in he antero-posterior axis of .. .... .. ... .... ......... .. Protoopalina* margin devoid of flagella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Protozelleriel/a evenly covered with kineties Zelleriel/a , marginal fal x transverse to ior axis of the cell; body ith kineties ....... ..... Opalina d axial falx parallel to the r axis of the cell ... ...... ... . ............... .... ...... ...... ...... .... .. . .Cepedea species of Protoopalina have been six, or eight nuclei . All of rge and aligned nuclei by tinguished (Delvinquier and MONADIDAE Grasse, 1952 eromonas Kunstler, 1883 ates up to about 25 ~m in l flag el la . Surface not posterior end may carry ictyosomal complex is located the cell. Complex life cycle ich mult iple divisions occu r. he guts of lizards but also SLOPALIN reported from caudate amphibia and mammals. Four species , e.g. Proteromonas lacertaeviridis. B a o i m S T D T F

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Standard stain ing techniques to be used for
slopalin es include Bod ian's protargol, silver Endocommensal flagell
length , with 2 apica
nit rate impreg nation , or Fernandez-Galiano's
markedly ridged , but
amm on iacal si lver imp regnatio n.
fine hairs. A large d
Opaline distribut ion in hosts is reviewed in near the anterior of
Delvinquier and Patterson (1993). involves a cyst in wh
Records mainly from t
FAMILIES AND GENERA
b
9<9
gella not arranged as kineties
ily Proteromonadidae ... ... ... ... . 2
flagella arranged as kineties ..
... ... ..... .... ... ... Family Opalinidae .. .. .. 3
lla ........ ...... Proteromonas
agella .. .. ... ..... Karotomorpha
.... ... ........ ...... .. ..... .... ... ... .... .... .. 4
..... .. ... ..... ... ...... .... .... ... .. .... ..... 6
marginal falx extending along
tly transverse to the
xis of the cell. ......... ... ...... 5
axial falx running mostly in
he antero-posterior axis of
.. .... .. ... .... ......... .. Protoopalina*
margin devoid of flagella
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Protozelleriel/a
evenly covered with kineties
Zelleriel/a
, marginal fal x transverse to
ior axis of the cell; body
ith kineties ....... ..... Opalina
d axial falx parallel to the
r axis of the cell ... ...... ... .
............... .... ...... ...... ...... .... .. . .Cepedea
species of Protoopalina have been
six, or eight nuclei . All of
rge and aligned nuclei by
tinguished (Delvinquier and
MONADIDAE Grasse, 1952
eromonas Kunstler, 1883
ates up to about 25 ~m in
l flag el la . Surface not
posterior end may carry
ictyosomal complex is located
the cell. Complex life cycle
ich mult iple divisions occu r.
he guts of lizards but also
SLOPALIN
reported from caudate amphibia and mammals.
Four species , e.g. Proteromonas lacertaeviridis.
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