Protozoa Guide review

Laboea

genus / STROMBIDIIDA / STROMBIDIIDAE

Description

Girdle kinety, a sinistral helix, making >2 helical turns around body while ventral kinety is restricted to small posterior portion , sometimes on dorsal surface ; mixotrophic (Fig . 5).

Type species

Figures

Figure 5
Fig. 5
Laboea strobila . (from Montagnes et al. , 1988)

Raw text

Girdle kinety, a sinistral helix, making >2 helical
turns around body while ventral kinety is
restricted to small posterior portion , sometimes
on dorsal surface ; mixotrophic (Fig . 5).