Description
With lorica , often stalked ; tentacles in few fascicles or distributed over body ; free-living or if attached to prey, never intracellular; swarmers small, ovoid, with oblique somatic kineties ; eleven genera . rypanococcus bLM 1. With a single tentacle ; ectoparasites/ predators of Acineta tuberosa .... ... ...... ..... Pseudogemma 1'. With many tentacles .. .. .. ........ ............ .... .... ........ 2 2. With fewer than three thick , long, extensible tentacles and smaller, less extensible , capitate tentacles .. .................. ..... ....... ....... Acinetopsis 538 CILIOPHORA, 2'. With many capitate tentacles only ..... .. ... .. .... ..... 3 3. Lorica stalked ...... ..... ... ..... ..... ... .... .... ... ...... 3'. Lorica attached directly to substratum , without stalk .. ... .. ..... .... .......... ......... ....... .... Soleno 4. Tentacles apparently not in fascicles .. .. ...... ... ....5 4'. Tentacles in two fascicles ...... .... ..... ..... ... Acineta 5. Trophont's body trumpet-shaped with many tentacles .... ..... ...... .. ... ...... Pseudocorynophrya 5'. Trophont's body ovoid with tentacles sparse ....... ............. ... ...... ..... ... ... ... ........... Lori
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With lorica , often stalked ; tentacles in few fascicles or distributed over body ; free-living or if attached to prey, never intracellular; swarmers small, ovoid, with oblique somatic kineties ; eleven genera . rypanococcus bLM 1. With a single tentacle ; ectoparasites/ predators of Acineta tuberosa .... ... ...... ..... Pseudogemma 1'. With many tentacles .. .. .. ........ ............ .... .... ........ 2 2. With fewer than three thick , long, extensible tentacles and smaller, less extensible , capitate tentacles .. .................. ..... ....... ....... Acinetopsis 538 CILIOPHORA, 2'. With many capitate tentacles only ..... .. ... .. .... ..... 3 3. Lorica stalked ...... ..... ... ..... ..... ... .... .... ... ...... 3'. Lorica attached directly to substratum , without stalk .. ... .. ..... .... .......... ......... ....... .... Soleno 4. Tentacles apparently not in fascicles .. .. ...... ... ....5 4'. Tentacles in two fascicles ...... .... ..... ..... ... Acineta 5. Trophont's body trumpet-shaped with many tentacles .... ..... ...... .. ... ...... Pseudocorynophrya 5'. Trophont's body ovoid with tentacles sparse ....... ............. ... ...... ..... ... ... ... ........... Lori