Description
Frontoventral cirri never forming more than one conspicuous files on ventral surface; during cell division , only the ventral somatic infraciliature is replaced ; two suborders . b ventral 9 t;? ventral 1. Ant erior part bearing oral region made distinct from main body by more or less obvious neck- like constriction .. .................. Discocephalina 1'. Oral region not made so distinct ........ Euplotina Anterior across l SUBORDER DISCOCEPHALINA WICKLOW , 1982 Anterior part bearing oral region made distinct from main body by more or less obvious neck-like constriction ; right marginal cirri usually present , but not on Discocepha lus ; file of left marginal cirri 1. Right may be in anterior and posterior parts; two adja families . to l as f file b behi 9 t;? form 1. Ant erior only slightly cephalized ; transverse 2. Mid-f Cirri as J-shaped group behind file of ... midventral cirri ...... .... .... ......... Erionellidae 2' . Mid 1'. Anterior strongly cephalized; transverse cirri mar not as J-shaped group ...... .. Discocephalidae 3. Right
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Frontoventral cirri never forming more than one conspicuous files on ventral surface; during cell division , only the ventral somatic infraciliature is replaced ; two suborders . b ventral 9 t;? ventral 1. Ant erior part bearing oral region made distinct from main body by more or less obvious neck- like constriction .. .................. Discocephalina 1'. Oral region not made so distinct ........ Euplotina Anterior across l SUBORDER DISCOCEPHALINA WICKLOW , 1982 Anterior part bearing oral region made distinct from main body by more or less obvious neck-like constriction ; right marginal cirri usually present , but not on Discocepha lus ; file of left marginal cirri 1. Right may be in anterior and posterior parts; two adja families . to l as f file b behi 9 t;? form 1. Ant erior only slightly cephalized ; transverse 2. Mid-f Cirri as J-shaped group behind file of ... midventral cirri ...... .... .... ......... Erionellidae 2' . Mid 1'. Anterior strongly cephalized; transverse cirri mar not as J-shaped group ...... .. Discocephalidae 3. Right