Protozoa Guide review

Entodinium

genus / ENTODINIOMORPHIDA Reichenow / OPHRYOSCOLECIDAE

Description

Body ovoid ; only an anterior oral ciliary field; macronucleus ventral ; no skeletal plates (Fig . 64) . B. E. ciculum. C. E. spinonucleatum. (from Dehority , 1979)

Type species

Figures

Figure 64
Fig. 64
A. Entodinium fy feri. (from Van Hoven , 1975)
Figure 75
Fig. 75
Entodinium sp. Note the symbiotic bacteria

Raw text

Body ovoid ; only an anterior oral ciliary field;
macronucleus ventral ; no skeletal plates (Fig . 64) .
B. E. ciculum. C. E. spinonucleatum. (from Dehority ,
1979)