Protozoa Guide review

KENTROPHORIDAE

family / PROTOSTOMATIDA / KENTROPHORIDAE

Description

o permanent cytostome ; ingestion through "ventral " surface ; some genera with moral ciliature and brosse kineties; five a. b 9 <9 t;? Epibiontic sulphur bacteria attached to naked entral stripe ; no anterior oral kinetosomes .. ... . .. ... .. ....... .. ..... .. .. .... .. .. .. ......... ..... . Kentrophoros ithout epibiontic bacteria; ciliated kineto- omes in small anterior oral cavity anterior to ircumoral ciliature ... ... ....... .... ..... ...... .... .. ...... 2 Ciliated oral kinetosomes organized in several brosse kineties; circumoral ciliature interrupted by brosse cleft ... .. .. ...... ....... ....... .. 3 Ciliated oral kinetosomes as a disordered patch of dikinetids ... ......... ... ... .... .... .. Trachelolophos CILIOPHORA, KARYOREL 3. Single circumoral kinety ...... ...... ........ .... .... .... 3'. More than one circumoral kinety ....... .......... ....... . ............... .. .. .. ................ ... Prototracheloce 4. Glabrous ventral stripe wide, < 1/2 cortical perimeter. ..... ... ...... ... ...... ...... . Tracheloraph 4' . Glabrous ventral stripe very wide, > 1 I 2 cortical perimeter . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . Trach

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o permanent cytostome ; ingestion through
"ventral " surface ; some genera with
moral ciliature and brosse kineties; five
a.
b
9 <9 t;?
Epibiontic sulphur bacteria attached to naked
entral stripe ; no anterior oral kinetosomes .. ... .
.. ... .. ....... .. ..... .. .. .... .. .. .. ......... ..... . Kentrophoros
ithout epibiontic bacteria; ciliated kineto-
omes in small anterior oral cavity anterior to
ircumoral ciliature ... ... ....... .... ..... ...... .... .. ...... 2
Ciliated oral kinetosomes organized in several
brosse kineties; circumoral ciliature
interrupted by brosse cleft ... .. .. ...... ....... ....... .. 3
Ciliated oral kinetosomes as a disordered patch
of dikinetids ... ......... ... ... .... .... .. Trachelolophos
CILIOPHORA, KARYOREL
3. Single circumoral kinety ...... ...... ........ .... .... ....
3'. More than one circumoral kinety ....... .......... ....... .
............... .. .. .. ................ ... Prototracheloce
4. Glabrous ventral stripe wide, < 1/2 cortical
perimeter. ..... ... ...... ... ...... ...... . Tracheloraph
4' . Glabrous ventral stripe very wide, > 1 I 2
cortical perimeter . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . Trach