Protozoa Guide review

Protocruzia

genus / PROTOCRUZIIDA Jankowski / PROTOCRUZIIDAE Jankowski

Description

de Faria , da Cunha & Pinto , 1922 With characters of family (Fig. 1). inear ..... .7 follow .Order Armophorida or and Fig. 1.A . Protocruzia tuzeti , right sid e. From Groliere et al., 1980a; B. P. chesapeakensis. From Small and Lynn , 1985. ; body ndellida 422 CILIOPHORA, SUBCLASS HYPOTRICHIA STEIN , 1859 Body ovoid to ovorectangular , typically rig id and more or less dorsoventrally flattened ; dorsal somatic dikinetids with kinetodesmal fibril ; files of marginal Cirri incomplete or absent; somatic infraciliature retained during encystment ; two orders . b 9 <9 e? 1. Frontoventral cirri , relatively small , i numerous, semicircular files along right side of ventral surface .. ........ ........... ...... ... ...... Kiitrichida 1'. Frontoventral cirri never forming more than one conspicuous file on ventral surface ....... .. .. . .............. ..... ......... .......... .. .. .... .. ... ... .. .. .... ... Euplotid

Type species

Figures

Figure 69
Fig. 69
Protocruzia , formerly a karyorelictean,

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de Faria , da Cunha & Pinto , 1922
With characters of family (Fig. 1).
inear
..... .7
follow
.Order Armophorida
or and Fig. 1.A . Protocruzia tuzeti , right sid e. From Groliere
et al., 1980a; B. P. chesapeakensis. From Small and
Lynn , 1985.
; body
ndellida
422 CILIOPHORA,
SUBCLASS HYPOTRICHIA
STEIN , 1859
Body ovoid to ovorectangular , typically rig id and
more or less dorsoventrally flattened ; dorsal
somatic dikinetids with kinetodesmal fibril ; files of
marginal Cirri incomplete or absent; somatic
infraciliature retained during encystment ; two
orders .
b
9 <9 e?
1. Frontoventral cirri , relatively small , i
numerous, semicircular files along right side of
ventral surface .. ........ ........... ...... ... ...... Kiitrichida
1'. Frontoventral cirri never forming more than
one conspicuous file on ventral surface ....... .. .. .
.............. ..... ......... .......... .. .. .... .. ... ... .. .. .... ... Euplotid