Protozoa Guide review

LICNOPHORIDA

order / LICNOPHORIDA

Description

Body hour-glass shaped , both ends discoid ; posterior disc adhesive, with peripheral rings of cilia ; anterior disc with serial oral polykinetids around oral region ; ectosymbionts , temporarily attached to substrate or host by ciliated , mobile , aboral , adhesive disc; one family .

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Body hour-glass shaped , both ends discoid ;
posterior disc adhesive, with peripheral rings of
cilia ; anterior disc with serial oral polykinetids
around oral region ; ectosymbionts , temporarily
attached to substrate or host by ciliated , mobile ,
aboral , adhesive disc; one family .