Protozoa Guide review

Urostrongylum

genus / STI / SPIROFILIDAE

Description

Body elongate with both anterior and posterior ends tapered; three cirral files make one helical twist One or more around body (Fig . 25) . cirri as cu of left ser 1. With fiv files ; 1'. With tw ab 2. With tra 2' . Transv With 5 obli files ; tra From Borror, 1972 .

Type species

Figures

Figure 25
Fig. 25
Urostrongylum contortum , ventral surface .

Raw text

Body elongate with both anterior and posterior ends
tapered; three cirral files make one helical twist One or more
around body (Fig . 25) . cirri as cu
of left ser
1. With fiv
files ;
1'. With tw
ab
2. With tra
2' . Transv
With 5 obli
files ; tra
From Borror, 1972 .