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TOKOPHRYIDAE Jankowski Genus Er

family / ENDOGENIDA / TOKOPHRYIDAE Jankowski Genus Er

Description

in Small and Lynn , 1985 Trophont's Without lorica; tentacles single, in fascicles, or encircle the distributed evenly over body; seven genera. Apiosoma, Epi associated (F bLM 9 With one but others sh 1. Trophont's body with two proximal processes on Cyclops (F that encircle the base of peritrich species (e .g., , Epistylis) with which this ciliate is ed .... ....... .... ....... .. ... ..... ... ... Erastophrya s body without such processes ..... ...... .2 ith stalk ....... .... .. ... ... .... ... ...... ............ 3 without stalk ......... .. .. .... ... .. ... ... ... ........ 5 ne long, thick, extensible, primary , but others shorter may be present ; ionts on Cyclops ....... ....... ...Rhyncheta n one tentacle, typically long and ous .. ... ..... .. .... ..... .... ... ...... ........ .... ......... 4 thick, with cup- or trumpet-shaped ... ... ... ...... .... .. ..... ........... ......Choanophrya thin, capitate, in fascicles ..... ............ . . ..... ... .. .. ... ... .... ... .. ............. .. .. ......Tokophrya ic; trophont's body rounded, with about icles of tentacles ... .... ...... .Staurophyra tonic ..... .. ...... ...... ..... .. .... .. ....... .. .. ... .......6 body elongate , with tentacles at either osymbionts in the caecum of .... .... ... .. ....... ... .. ..... ... ... ...... AIIantosoma with fewer than five thin, capitate ; ectoparasites/predators on peri- d heterotrichs .... .. ..... . ... ... Pottsioc/es rastophrya chattoni, on right. (from 8) astophrya Faure-Fremiet , 1944 body with 2 proximal processes that base of peritrich species (e.g. , stylis) with which this ciliate is ig. 37) .

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in Small and Lynn , 1985
Trophont's
Without lorica; tentacles single, in fascicles, or encircle the
distributed evenly over body; seven genera. Apiosoma, Epi
associated (F
bLM
9 With one
but others sh
1. Trophont's body with two proximal processes on Cyclops (F
that encircle the base of peritrich species (e .g.,
, Epistylis) with which this ciliate is
ed .... ....... .... ....... .. ... ..... ... ... Erastophrya
s body without such processes ..... ...... .2
ith stalk ....... .... .. ... ... .... ... ...... ............ 3
without stalk ......... .. .. .... ... .. ... ... ... ........ 5
ne long, thick, extensible, primary
, but others shorter may be present ;
ionts on Cyclops ....... ....... ...Rhyncheta
n one tentacle, typically long and
ous .. ... ..... .. .... ..... .... ... ...... ........ .... ......... 4
thick, with cup- or trumpet-shaped
... ... ... ...... .... .. ..... ........... ......Choanophrya
thin, capitate, in fascicles ..... ............ . .
..... ... .. .. ... ... .... ... .. ............. .. .. ......Tokophrya
ic; trophont's body rounded, with about
icles of tentacles ... .... ...... .Staurophyra
tonic ..... .. ...... ...... ..... .. .... .. ....... .. .. ... .......6
body elongate , with tentacles at either
osymbionts in the caecum of
.... .... ... .. ....... ... .. ..... ... ... ...... AIIantosoma
with fewer than five thin, capitate
; ectoparasites/predators on peri-
d heterotrichs .... .. ..... . ... ... Pottsioc/es
rastophrya chattoni, on right. (from
8)
astophrya Faure-Fremiet , 1944
body with 2 proximal processes that
base of peritrich species (e.g. ,
stylis) with which this ciliate is
ig. 37) .