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RHYNCHODIDA & Lw

order / RHYNCHODIDA & Lw

Description

Chatton and Lwoff, 1939 b SU 9 <:? t;? Troph Somatic ciliature organized in a thigmotactic banan field, which may be divided in two , leaving a devel larg e part of the cell surface bare; kinetids may sucke not be ciliated ; no posterior adhesive region ; one f parasites of the respiratory structures of invertebrates , commonly bivalve molluscs ; two FA suborders . With b 9 <:? t;? 1. Body of trophont unciliated ; body long , slug- like ............. ........................... ..... Rhynchodina 1 '. Body of trophont ciliated ; body pear- or 1. So banana-shaped ..... ............. .. .... .. .Ancistrocomina SUBORDER RHYNCHODINA Chatton and Lwoff , 1939 1 '. Body of trophont unciliated; body long , slug-like ; 2. infraciliature in 2 fields that diverge from central (= posterior) apex towards ends of body ; attach by adhesive "sole "; parasites in mantle 2'. C cavities of freshwater and marine bivalve 3. At molluscs ; one family . than 3' .

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Chatton and Lwoff, 1939
b SU
9 <:? t;? Troph
Somatic ciliature organized in a thigmotactic
banan
field, which may be divided in two , leaving a
devel
larg e part of the cell surface bare; kinetids may
sucke
not be ciliated ; no posterior adhesive region ;
one f
parasites of the respiratory structures of
invertebrates , commonly bivalve molluscs ; two
FA
suborders .
With
b
9 <:? t;?
1. Body of trophont unciliated ; body long , slug-
like ............. ........................... ..... Rhynchodina
1 '. Body of trophont ciliated ; body pear- or
1. So
banana-shaped ..... ............. .. .... .. .Ancistrocomina
SUBORDER RHYNCHODINA Chatton and Lwoff ,
1939
1 '.
Body of trophont unciliated; body long , slug-like ;
2.
infraciliature in 2 fields that diverge from
central (= posterior) apex towards ends of body ;
attach by adhesive "sole "; parasites in mantle
2'. C
cavities of freshwater and marine bivalve
3. At
molluscs ; one family .
than
3' .