Protozoa Guide review

SPATHIDIIDAE Kahl

family / HAPTORIDA Corliss , 1974 oblique / SPATHIDIIDAE Kahl

Description

in Doflein and Reichenow , 1929 8. Oral region exten surface in a long n Body ovoid to elongate ; oral region anterior , . . . . . . . . . . usually elongate dorsoventrally (except 8' . Oral region anterio Protospathidium) ; circumoral dikinetids as the longitudinal ax proliferated extensions of somatic kineties , which . . .. . . . . .. . may not be separated after stomatogenesis and he number of somatic kineties ; 17 genera. ESENTATIVE GENERA b 9 <9 6? as an elongate slit to be slightly spiralled .. .. .. .... .2 to anterior one-third of .... ..... ... .... .. ........... .. ...... .. ....... .... ..... 3 long anterior, ventral , and of a laterally flattened .. ....... ....... ... .... .. .. ..... Bryophyllum around body (from anterior ............ ...... .. .. .. .. .... Perispira rmiform, flexible body, ......... ....... Myriokaryon ermiform nor very flexible .. 4 ike and not conspicuously ....... ........ ....... ... Cranotheridium .. .. ..... ... .. .. .. .......................... 5 ot completely separated ies ...... .... .... .... ..... ..... .. .. ... .. 6 ompletely separated (from .... ....... .............. ............ .......... 7 kinety composed of kineto- ids that are obviously other; usually fewer than ........ ..... Protospathidium mposed of kinetofragments re not or are only eparated (from each other ; atic kineties bent slightly ....................... .. .. ... Spathidium ctile vacuoles with pores groups on the dorsal surface somatic kineties ; large cells .... ... ........... ....... ... Supraspathidium vacuole in posterior end ....... 8 ding along ventral anterior arrow arc ........ .... .. ...... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Arcuospathidium r, almost perpendicular to is of the body ................ .. .. . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. . . . Epispathidium CILIOPHORA, LITOSTOMA al. , 1978) B. Detail of cytoplasm. (from Fryd- Versavel et al. , 1975a)

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in Doflein and Reichenow , 1929 8. Oral region exten
surface in a long n
Body ovoid to elongate ; oral region anterior , . . . . . . . . . .
usually elongate dorsoventrally (except 8' . Oral region anterio
Protospathidium) ; circumoral dikinetids as the longitudinal ax
proliferated extensions of somatic kineties , which . . .. . . . . .. .
may not be separated after stomatogenesis and
he number of somatic
kineties ; 17 genera.
ESENTATIVE GENERA
b
9 <9 6?
as an elongate slit to
be slightly spiralled .. .. .. .... .2
to anterior one-third of
.... ..... ... .... .. ........... .. ...... .. ....... .... ..... 3
long anterior, ventral , and
of a laterally flattened
.. ....... ....... ... .... .. .. ..... Bryophyllum
around body (from anterior
............ ...... .. .. .. .. .... Perispira
rmiform, flexible body,
......... ....... Myriokaryon
ermiform nor very flexible .. 4
ike and not conspicuously
....... ........ ....... ... Cranotheridium
.. .. ..... ... .. .. .. .......................... 5
ot completely separated
ies ...... .... .... .... ..... ..... .. .. ... .. 6
ompletely separated (from
.... ....... .............. ............ .......... 7
kinety composed of kineto-
ids that are obviously
other; usually fewer than
........ ..... Protospathidium
mposed of kinetofragments
re not or are only
eparated (from each other ;
atic kineties bent slightly
....................... .. .. ... Spathidium
ctile vacuoles with pores
groups on the dorsal surface
somatic kineties ; large cells
.... ... ........... ....... ... Supraspathidium
vacuole in posterior end ....... 8
ding along ventral anterior
arrow arc ........ .... .. ...... .. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Arcuospathidium
r, almost perpendicular to
is of the body ................ .. ..
. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. . . . Epispathidium
CILIOPHORA, LITOSTOMA
al. , 1978) B. Detail of cytoplasm. (from Fryd-
Versavel et al. , 1975a)