Description
dy typically laterally compressed ; dorsal e rounded , in extreme ; ventral cilia not tactic; attached to substrate by unciliated ve region, or by flexible podite (except ithites); juxtaposed heteromerous ucleus ; some ectosymbiotic forms with s of the Kyaroikeidae exclusively on ans; four families. b 9 (i> t;? Body circular in cross-section ; adhesive gion at posterior tip of cell; ectosymbionts cetaceans ..... ... .... .......... ... ... Kyaroikeidae dy dorso-ventrally or laterally compressed; hesive region removed from the posterior p of the cell ........... ........ .. .. .... .. ...... ... ..... .. ... 2 ached by unciliated adhesive region ..... .... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plesiotrichopidae ttached by flexible podrte ........... ... .... ..... . 3 eft ventral somatic kineties form continuous ield .... .... ... ...... ... ... ..... ........ Hartmannulidae eft ventral somatic kineties broken into reoral and mid-ventral postoral fields (both ay be reduced) .... ... ......... .... .. .. . Dysteriidae 15. A. Lynchella tentaculata , ventral surface. B. rdica , ventral surface. (from Deroux, 1970) CILIOPHORA, PHYLLOPHARYNGEA
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dy typically laterally compressed ; dorsal e rounded , in extreme ; ventral cilia not tactic; attached to substrate by unciliated ve region, or by flexible podite (except ithites); juxtaposed heteromerous ucleus ; some ectosymbiotic forms with s of the Kyaroikeidae exclusively on ans; four families. b 9 (i> t;? Body circular in cross-section ; adhesive gion at posterior tip of cell; ectosymbionts cetaceans ..... ... .... .......... ... ... Kyaroikeidae dy dorso-ventrally or laterally compressed; hesive region removed from the posterior p of the cell ........... ........ .. .. .... .. ...... ... ..... .. ... 2 ached by unciliated adhesive region ..... .... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plesiotrichopidae ttached by flexible podrte ........... ... .... ..... . 3 eft ventral somatic kineties form continuous ield .... .... ... ...... ... ... ..... ........ Hartmannulidae eft ventral somatic kineties broken into reoral and mid-ventral postoral fields (both ay be reduced) .... ... ......... .... .. .. . Dysteriidae 15. A. Lynchella tentaculata , ventral surface. B. rdica , ventral surface. (from Deroux, 1970) CILIOPHORA, PHYLLOPHARYNGEA