Loricophrya bosporica n. sp. (Ciliophora, Suctorea) epibiont of Desmoscolex minutus (Nematoda, Desmoscolecida) from oxic / anoxic boundary of the Black Sea Istanbul Strait’s outlet area
Author
Sergeeva, Nelli
Author
Dovgal, Igor
text
Zootaxa
2016
4061
5
596
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journal article
51200
10.11646/zootaxa.4061.5.9
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1175-5326
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Genus
Loricophrya
Matthes, 1956
Freshwater, marine and soil suctorians with the stylotheca. The stalk-like protuberance of the stylotheca is shorter than the lorica itself and may absent. The cell body spherical or ellipsoid. Macronucleus spherical or elongated. Several clavate tentacles are arranged at the apical surface of the body. Reproduction by exogemmy with formation of a single apical protomite. Swarmer oval with longitudinal ciliary rows and tentacles.
Type
species:
Thecacineta parva
Schulz, 1932
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