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