Protozoa Guide review

LOXODIDA

order / LOXODIDA

Description

Flattened body; somatic cilia mainly on right surface , which is bounded by a dorsal kinety ; left surface barren except for single marginal kinety ; oral cilia as simple dikinetids around oral area, some extending along walls of oral cavity; two families. b 9 ~ 6? 1. Body long , flat, with anterior rostrum ; with Mullerian vesicles ; oral kineties as right and left components ........................... Loxodidae 1'. Body ovoid , flat, often with serrate edge; with epipellicular scales on left surface ; oral kineties extending around oral margin .... ..... ... . . ................... .... ........ .... .. .... Cryptopharyngidae

Type species

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Flattened body; somatic cilia mainly on right
surface , which is bounded by a dorsal kinety ; left
surface barren except for single marginal kinety ;
oral cilia as simple dikinetids around oral area,
some extending along walls of oral cavity; two
families.
b
9 ~ 6?
1. Body long , flat, with anterior rostrum ; with
Mullerian vesicles ; oral kineties as right
and left components ........................... Loxodidae
1'. Body ovoid , flat, often with serrate edge; with
epipellicular scales on left surface ; oral
kineties extending around oral margin .... ..... ... . .
................... .... ........ .... .. .... Cryptopharyngidae