Protozoa Guide review

ACINETIDAE

family / ENDOGENIDA / ACINETIDAE

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