Description
Trophont attached to substratum by broad part of body; without stalk or stalk-like process; determinate growth ; capitate tentacles may be in fascicles ; swarmer with equatorial kineties ; nine genera. 1. Trophont's body circular with regular outline .. 2 1'.Trophont's body with irregularly distribute processes around periphery at the ends of which are tentacles ..... .. .... ....... ..... ...... . Trichophrya 2. Tentacles evenly distributed in fascicles around body perimeter .. ..... ......... ... ... .......... Platophrya 2'. Tentacles evenly distributed around perimeter of body .... ... ... ...... .... ..... ... ... ... ..... .. .. of Cambarus. B. T. epistylidis, trophonts attached to varied substrata, including stalks of colonial peritrichs . (from Small and Lynn , 1985) SUCTORIA
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Trophont attached to substratum by broad part of body; without stalk or stalk-like process; determinate growth ; capitate tentacles may be in fascicles ; swarmer with equatorial kineties ; nine genera. 1. Trophont's body circular with regular outline .. 2 1'.Trophont's body with irregularly distribute processes around periphery at the ends of which are tentacles ..... .. .... ....... ..... ...... . Trichophrya 2. Tentacles evenly distributed in fascicles around body perimeter .. ..... ......... ... ... .......... Platophrya 2'. Tentacles evenly distributed around perimeter of body .... ... ... ...... .... ..... ... ... ... ..... .. .. of Cambarus. B. T. epistylidis, trophonts attached to varied substrata, including stalks of colonial peritrichs . (from Small and Lynn , 1985) SUCTORIA