Protozoa Guide review

GASTRONAUTIDAE

family / CHLAMYDODONTIDA / GASTRONAUTIDAE

Description

Oral opening large , elongate , and transversely oriented across body axis so that somatic kineties on the right side are broken into preoral and postoral fragm en ts ; oral ciliature as one kinety th at encircles the perimeter of the large oral opening; centric heteromerous macronucleus ; one genus.

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Oral opening large , elongate , and transversely
oriented across body axis so that somatic kineties
on the right side are broken into preoral and
postoral fragm en ts ; oral ciliature as one kinety
th at encircles the perimeter of the large oral
opening; centric heteromerous macronucleus ; one
genus.