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CHITONELLIDAE

family / CHLAMYDODONTIDA / CHITONELLIDAE

Description

Lorica stalkless, attached to substrate; somatic cilia as only two right kineties and , 4 left ones; oral cilia as only one perioral kinety ; cen tric heteromerous macronucle us; in salt marsh ; kathrobic ; one genus . G en us Chitonella Small & Lynn , 1985 ... ... .. 5 With characters of the family (Fig. 2) . 0 \ . B donellidae . Lynchellidae B. Dorsal surface. C. Side, in lorica . (from Small and Lyn n, 1985)

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Lorica stalkless, attached to substrate;
somatic cilia as only two right kineties and , 4 left
ones; oral cilia as only one perioral kinety ;
cen tric heteromerous macronucle us; in salt
marsh ; kathrobic ; one genus .
G en us Chitonella Small & Lynn , 1985
... ... .. 5 With characters of the family (Fig. 2) .
0 \
.
B
donellidae
. Lynchellidae B. Dorsal surface. C. Side, in lorica . (from Small and
Lyn n, 1985)