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Eight produced families 1. Funnel Side . After Kozloff , 1961 1'. Cone SUBCLASS CHONOTRICHIA Wallengren , 1895 Sedentary, sessile; somatic cilia only on perioral funnel or cone-shaped region, be flared, or compressed ; oral cilia only as several inverted kineties next to ; cytopharyngeal apparatus has lar ribbons (=phyllae) , but no mata; heteromerous macronucleus ; ivision , tomite has two ventral fields of and a rear adhesive structure or podite form a non-contractile stalk ; most are onts on crustacean appendages; two s key requires knowing how chonotrichs whether the bud forms in a brood pouch m) or externally is phylogenetically omically significant. In a healthy n, one or two dividers are usually found eral hundred individuals. If how division not known , one should proceed through the sregarding the first couplet. bLM or fewer tomites, buds, or daughter cells , ced in a brood pouch upium) ........... ...... ... . Cryptogemmida omite, bud , or daughter cell ; produced nally .... ... ....... .... ... ..... ........ .. Exogemmida ess otherwise indicated, all figures of trichs in this section areĀ· from Jankowski b). YPTOGEMMIDA Jankowski , 1975 or fewer tomites, buds , or daughter cells , in a brood pouch (marsupium) ; six . -shaped cone , essentially circular in s-section ..... ......... .. .. ..... ..... ... .... ..... .... .... .. .. 2 flattened ... ... .. ....... ...... ... .... ..... .. .... .. .... .... .. 4 CILIOPHORA, 2. Cone rotated go o to right, relative to body and point of attachment. ....... .. ........ Actinichonidae 2'. Cone not rotated ... ... .. .. ... ... ..... ... ............ ....... .... ...3 3. Cone marg in indented by flexible folds; right ciliated field divided into two subfields .. .... ..... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... 3' . Cone margin smooth; right ciliated field not subdivided ...... ........ ............. ........ . lsochonidae 4 . Left field larger than right field ... .... ... ... ...... ... . .. .... ....... .......... ... ..... ... .. .... ...... lnversochonidae 4' . Right field larger than left field ........ ..... .. ......... 5 5. Conal wall with pockets and/or folds .... .... ......... . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . 5' . Conal wall smooth .................. Echinichonidae

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Eight
produced
families
1. Funnel
Side . After Kozloff , 1961 1'. Cone
SUBCLASS CHONOTRICHIA
Wallengren , 1895
Sedentary, sessile; somatic cilia only on
perioral funnel or cone-shaped region,
be flared, or compressed ; oral cilia
only as several inverted kineties next to
; cytopharyngeal apparatus has
lar ribbons (=phyllae) , but no
mata; heteromerous macronucleus ;
ivision , tomite has two ventral fields of
and a rear adhesive structure or podite
form a non-contractile stalk ; most are
onts on crustacean appendages; two
s key requires knowing how chonotrichs
whether the bud forms in a brood pouch
m) or externally is phylogenetically
omically significant. In a healthy
n, one or two dividers are usually found
eral hundred individuals. If how division
not known , one should proceed through the
sregarding the first couplet.
bLM
or fewer tomites, buds, or daughter cells ,
ced in a brood pouch
upium) ........... ...... ... . Cryptogemmida
omite, bud , or daughter cell ; produced
nally .... ... ....... .... ... ..... ........ .. Exogemmida
ess otherwise indicated, all figures of
trichs in this section areĀ· from Jankowski
b).
YPTOGEMMIDA Jankowski , 1975
or fewer tomites, buds , or daughter cells ,
in a brood pouch (marsupium) ; six
.
-shaped cone , essentially circular in
s-section ..... ......... .. .. ..... ..... ... .... ..... .... .... .. .. 2
flattened ... ... .. ....... ...... ... .... ..... .. .... .. .... .... .. 4
CILIOPHORA,
2. Cone rotated go o to right, relative to body and
point of attachment. ....... .. ........ Actinichonidae
2'. Cone not rotated ... ... .. .. ... ... ..... ... ............ ....... .... ...3
3. Cone marg in indented by flexible folds; right
ciliated field divided into two subfields .. .... ..... ... .
. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .....
3' . Cone margin smooth; right ciliated field not
subdivided ...... ........ ............. ........ . lsochonidae
4 . Left field larger than right field ... .... ... ... ...... ... .
.. .... ....... .......... ... ..... ... .. .... ...... lnversochonidae
4' . Right field larger than left field ........ ..... .. ......... 5
5. Conal wall with pockets and/or folds .... .... ......... .
. . . . . . . . .. . .. . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . .
5' . Conal wall smooth .................. Echinichonidae