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Ciliophora

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We reproduce the descriptions of morphology from following books; and we thank following scientists and The Society of Protozoologists (The Journal of Protozoology) for quoting text descriptions from their papers.

Genus list

[A]

Acanthostomella, Acaryophrya (Syn. Balanophrya), Acineria, Acineta, Acinetides, Acinetopsis, Acropisthium (Syn. Dinophrya, Siagonophorus), Actinobolina (Syn. Actinobolus), Alinostoma, Allotricha, Ambiphrya, Amphibothrella, Amphileptus (Syn. Hemiophrys), Amphisiella, Amphisiellides, Amphorella, Amphorellopsis, Amphorides, Ancystropodium, Anteholosticha, Anophryoides, Anophrys, Apiosoma, Apocryptopharynx, Apofrontonia, Apocarchesium, Apsiktrata, Arachnella, Arachnidiopsis, Arachnidium, Archiastomata, Archinassula, Arcuospathidium, Aristerostoma, Ascampbellielia, Askenasia, Aspidisca (Syn. Aspidicopsis, Coccudina, Onychaspis), Astrophrya, Astylozoon (Syn. Geleiella), Atopodinium, Atractos, Australocirrus, Australothrix

[B]

Baikalodendron, Baikalophrya, Bakuella, Balanion, Balanonema, Balantidioides (Syn. Balantidiopsis), Balantidion, Balantidium (Parasitic species), Ballodora, Balladyna (Syn. Balladina), Balladynella (Syn. Balladinella), Banyulsella, Baznosanuia, Belonophrya, Bicoronella, Biholosticha, Biggaria, Bizonula, Blepharisma, Blepharostoma, Bothrostoma, Botticula, Brachonella, Brachyosoma (Syn. Hallezia), Branchioecetes, Brandtiella, Bresslaua, Bresslauides, Bryometopus, Bryophrya, Bryophyllum, Buehringa, Bursaopsis, Bursaria, Bursaridium, Bursella (See; Bursellopsis), Bursellopsis (Syn. Bursella), Bursostoma

[C]

Caenomorpha (Syn. Gyrocoris), Caliperia (Marine genus), Calyptotricha (Syn. Diplostyla), Campanella, Canellana, Canthariella, Caracatharina, Carchesium, Cardiostoma, Cardiostomatella, Caudiholosticha, Cavichona, Celeritia, Centrophorella, Certesia, Chaenea, Chaetospira (Syn. Stichospira), Chasmatostoma, Chilodina, Chilodochona, Chilodonatella, Chilodonella (Syn. Chilodon), Chilodontopsis, Chilophrya, Chlamydodon, Chlamydonella, Chlamydonellopsis, Choanophrya, Choanostoma, Chytridium, Ciliofaurea, Ciliospina, Cinetochilum, Cinetozona, Circinella, Circolagenophrys (Syn. Lagenophrys), Cirranter, Cirrophrya, Cladotricha, Clara, Clathrostoma, Climacocylis, Climacostomum, Clistolagenophrys, Codonaria, Codonella, Codonellopsis, Codonobotrys, Cohnilembus (Syn. Lembus), Coleps, Colpidium, Colpoda, Colpodidium, Cometodendron, Conchophthirus, Conchostoma, Condylostoma, Coniculostomum, Copemetopus, Corlissia, Corticocolpoda, Cosmocolpoda, Cothurnia, Cothurnopsis (Syn. Cothurniopsis), Coxliella, Cranotheridium, Craspedomyoschistion, Craspedonotus, Craspedophrya, Craspedothorax (See; Pseudomicrothorax), Craterella, Cristigera, Crobylura, Crypthecodinium, Cryptophrya, Ctedoctema, Cyclidium, Cyclodonta, Cyclogramma, Cyclophrya, Cyclotrichium, Cymatocylis, Cyrtohymena, Cyrtolophosis, Cyrtostrombidium, Cytharoides, Cyttarocylis

[D]

Dactylochlamys, Dactylostoma, Dadayiella, Dapedophrya, Daturella, Deltopylum, Dendrocometes, Dendrocometides, Dendrosoma, Dendrosomides, Deviata, Dexiostoma, Dexiotricha, Dexiotrichides, Diafolliculina, Diaphanosoma, Diceras (See; Diceratula), Diceratula (Syn. Diceras), Dichilum, Dictiocoleps, Dictyocysta, Didinium (Syn. Monodinium), Dileptus, Dimacrocaryon, Dinophrya, Diophryopsis, Diophrys, Discocephalus, Discomorphella (Syn. Discomorpha), Discophrya, Discosomatella (Syn. Discosoma), Discotricha, Discozoon, Disematostoma, Dissothigma (Syn. Patschia, Urotrichopsis), Drepanomonas (Syn. Drepanoceras), Dysteria (Syn. Aegyria, Cypridium, Ervilia, Iduna)

[E]

Echinophrya, Ellobiophrya (Syn. Claustophrya), Enchelydium, Enchelyodon, Enchelyomorpha, Enchelys, Endosphaera, Engelmanniella, Enigmostoma, Entziella, Epalxella (Syn. Epalxis), Epenardia, Ephelota, Epicarchesium, Epiclintes, Epiorella, Epiplocylis, Epiplocyloides, Epispathidium, Epistylis, Erastophrya, Erionella, Eschaneustyla, Espejoia, Eufolliculina, Euplotaspis, Euplotes (Syn. Crateromorpha, Euploea, Ploesconia), Euplotidium (Marine species), Euplotoides, Euplotopsis, Eutintinnus

[F]

Fabrea, Favella, Figotintinnus, Frontonia, Fungiphrya, Furgasonia (Syn. Cyclogramma), Fuscheria

[G]

Gajewskajophrya, Gastrocirrhus (Marine species), Gastronauta, Gastrostyla (Syn. Nothopleurotricha), Geleia, Gerda, Gillardella, Glaucoma (Syn. Dallasia), Glaucomella, Gonostomum (Syn. Plagiotricha), Gonzeella, Gorgonosoma, Grandoria (Syn. Lagenella), Grossglockneria, Gruberia, Gymnodinioides

[H]

Hallezia, Halteria, Halterioforma, Haplocaulus, Harmodirus, Hastatella, Hausmanniella, Helicoprorodon, Helicostoma, Helicostomella, Heliophrya, Hemiamphisiella, Hemicycliostyla, Hemicyclium, Hemigastrostyla, Hemiophrys, Heminotus (or Hemionotus), Hemisincirra, Heteropolaria, Hexotricha, Histiobalantium, Histriculus (Syn. Histrio), Histrio (See; Oxytricha), Holophrya, Holosticha (Syn. Amphisia), Holostichides, Homalogastra, Homalozoon, Hyalophysa, Hyalospira, Hydrophrya, Hypocoma, Hypophrya, Hypotrichidium (Syn. Peritromoides, Spirofilum), Hysterophrya

[I]

Ichthyophthirius, Ileonema (Syn. Monomastix), Intranstylum, Isosticha

[J]

Jeannellia

[K]

Kahliella (Syn. Kahlia), Kahlilembus, Kalometopia, Kentrophoros (Syn. Centrophorella), Kerona, Keronella, Keronopsis (Syn. Kahliela, Paraholosticha), Kovalevia, Krassniggia, Kreyella, Kuehneltiella, Kuklikophrya

[L]

Laackmanniella (See; Codonellopsis), Laboea, Lacazea, Lacerus, Lacrymaria, Lagenophrys, Lagynophrya, Lagynus, Lambornella, Lamtostyla, Larvulina, Laurentia, Laurentiella (Syn. Laurentia), Lecanodiscus, Lechriopyla, Legendrea, Lembadion, Lepidotrachelophyllum, Leprotintinnus, Leptodesmus, Leptopharynx (Syn. Trichopelma), Lernaeophrya, Leucophrys, Liliimorpha, Limnostrombidium, Linostoma, Linostomella (Hom. Linostoma), Litonotus (Syn. Lionotus), Lohmaniella or Lohmanniella (Marine species), Longifragma, Longitricha, Lopezoterenia, Lophophorina, Loricophrya, Loxocephalus, Loxodes, Loxophyllum (Syn. Opistyodon), Ludio

[M]

Magnifolliculina, Malacophrys, Marginotricha, Marituja, Maryna, Maupasia (See; Schewiakoffia), Membranicola, Mesanophrys, Meseres, Mesnilella, Mesodinium, Metacineta, Metacylis, Metacystis, Metafolliculina, Metanophrys, Metastrombidium (Marine species), Metopus, Microcardiosoma, Microchoanostoma, Microdiaphanosoma (Syn. Diaphanosoma), Microregma, Microthorax (Syn. Kreyella), Mirofolliculina, Moneuplotes, Monilicaryon, Monochilum, Monodinium, Mucophrya, Mucotrichidium, Muscipula, Mykophagophrys, Mycterothrix (Syn. Trichorhynchus), Mylestoma, Myoschiston, Myriokaryon, Myrionecta

[N]

Nassula, Nassulopsis, Neobursaridium, Neogeneia, Nivaliella, Nolaclusilis, Notohymena, Notoxoma, Novistrombidium, Nuchterleinella, Nyctotheroides, Nyctotherus

[O]

Obertrumia, Octocirrus, Odontochlamys, Onychodromopsis, Onychodromus (Syn. Himantophorus), Opercularia, Operculariella, Operculigera, Ophrydiopsis, Ophrydium, Ophryoglena, Opisthostomatella (Syn. Opistostomum), Opisthonecta, Opisthostyla, Opisthotricha (Syn. Opisthiotricha), Orbopercularia, Orbopyxidiella, Orcavia, Orchitophrya, Ormosella, Orthoamphisiella, Orthodonella (Syn. Orthodon), Orthotrochilia, Ovalorhabdos, Oxytricha (Syn. Oxitricha, Histrio, Opisthotricha, Steinia)

[P]

Pachyfolliculina, Pachystomos, Palmarella (Syn. Palmarium), Palmarium, Papillorhabdos, Parabakuella, Parablepharisma, Parabryophrya, Parachilodonella, Paracineta, Paracolpidium, Paracolpoda, Paracondylostoma, Paracyclidium, Paradexiotricha, Paradileptus (Syn. Tentaculifera), Paradiophrys, Paraenchelys, Parafavella, Paragastrostyla, Paraglaucoma, Parahistriculus (Syn. Parahistricus), Paraholosticha, Parakahliella, Paralagenophrys, Paralembus, Paramecium (Syn. Paramaecium), Parametopus, Paramphisella, Paranassula, Paranophrys, Parapetalotricha, Paraphilaster, Parapodophrya, Paraspathidium, Parastentor, Parastrongylidium, Parastylonychia, Parastokesia, Parastrombidium (Marine species), Parauronema, Paraurostyla, Paraurotricha, Parazoothamnium, Parentocirrus, Parundella, Paruroleptus, Parurosoma, Pattersoniella, Pedohymena, Pelagohalteria, Pelagostrombidium, Pelagothrix, Pelagotrichidium, Pelagovasicola, Pelagovorticella, Pelatractus, Pelodinium, Penardiella, Pentahymena, Periacineta, Peridion, Peridionella, Peridiscophrya, Periholosticha, Perisincirra, Perispira, Peritromus, Petalotricha, Phacodinium (Syn. Conchophthirius), Phascolodon, Phialina, Phialinides, Philaster (Syn. Philasterides), Philasterides (Syn. Philaster), Physalophrya, Physanter (Syn. Faurella), Pithothorax, Placus (Syn. Spathidiopis, Spathidiopsis, Thoracophrya), Plagiocampa, Plagiopogon, Plagiopyla, Plagiotoma, Platophrya, Platyophryides, Platycola, Platyfolliculina, Platynematum, Platyophrya, Plesiotricha (Syn. Uroleptapsis, Uroleptopsis), Pleurochilidium, Pleurofragma (Syn. Mimeticus, Oldesloeria), Pleuronema, Pleuroplites, Pleuroplitoides, Pleurotricha (Syn. Allotricha, Onychodromopsis), Podophrya, Poroecus, Potomacus, Pottsia, Proboveria, Prodiscocephalus, Prodiscophrya, Proplectella, Propyxidium (Syn. Pyxidiella, Pyxidium), Prorodon (Syn. Rhagadostoma), Protocruzia, Protocymatocylis, Protorhabdonella, Protospathidium, Psammocephalus, Pseudoamphisiella, Pseudobalanion, Pseudoblepharisma, Pseudocarchesium, Pseudochilodonopsis, Pseudocohnilembus, Pseudocyrtolophosis, Pseudoenchelys, Pseudogemma, Pseudoglaucoma, Pseudohaplocaulus, Pseudoholophrya, Pseudokahliella, Pseudokeronopsis, Pseudokreyella, Pseudomaryna, Pseudomicrothorax (Syn. Craspedothorax), Pseudoplatyophrya, Pseudoprorodon, Pseudostrombidium, Pseudothuricola, Pseudouroleptus, Pseudourostyla, Pseudovorticella, Pseuduronema, Psilotricha (Syn. Hemiholosticha, Pigostyla), Ptychocylis, Puytoraciella, Pyxicola (Syn. Caulicola, Pachytrocha), Pyxidiella, Pyxidium

[Q]

Quasillagilis

[R]

Raabellocineta, Racovitzaia, Reichenowella, Remanella (Marine species), Rhabdoaskenasia, Rhabdonella, Rhabdonellopsis, Rhabdosella, Rhabdostyla, Rhagadostoma, Rhopalophrya, Rhyncheta, Rhynchophria, Rigchostoma, Rimostrombidium, Rostrophrya

[S]

Sagittaria, Salpingacantha, Salpingella, Saprodinium, Saprophilus (See; Sathrophilus), Sathrophilus (Syn. Saprophilus), Scaphidiodon, Schewiakoffia (Syn. Maupasia), Scyphidia, Scyphidiella, Semiplatyophrya, Semitrichodina, Serpentichona, Setonophrys, Sigmostomum, Siroloxophyllum, Solenophrya, Sonderia, Sorogena, Spasmostoma, Spartina, Spathidiella (Syn. Spathidioides), Spathidiodes (Syn. Spathidiella), Spathidioides, Spathidiosus, Spathidium (Syn. Spathidiopsis, Spathidiosus), Spelaeonecta (Syn. Faureia), Spelaeophrya, Sphaerobactrum, Sphaerophrya, Sphaerotrichium, Spiretella (Syn. Microspiretta, Spiratella, Spiretta), Spirochona, Spirofilopsis (Syn. Spirofilum), Spiroprorodon, Spirostomum, Spirozona, Supraspathidium, Stammeridium (Syn. Stammeriella), Stammeriella, Staurophrya, Steenstrupiella, Stegochilum, Steinia, Stenosemella, Stenotricha, Stensomella, Stentofolliculina, Stentor, Stephanidina, Stephanopogon, Sterkiella (Syn. Histriculus, Histrio), Stichotricha (Syn. Archimedea, Schizosiphon, Stichochaeta), Stokesia, Strobilidium (Syn. Stombilidium, Turbilina), Strombidinopsis, Strombidium, Strongylidium, Stylocometes, Stylohedra, Stylonethes, Stylonychia (Syn. Kerona, Prosopsenus, Stylonichia), Stylophrya, Suctorella, Sulcigera, Sultanophrys, Swedmarkia, Synhymenia, Systylis

[T]

Tachysoma (Syn. Actinotricha), Telotrochidium (Syn. Opisthonecta), Terricirra, Tesnospira, Tetrahymena, Teuthophrys, Thalassiomastix, Thecacineta, Thigmogaster, Thigmokeronopsis, Thuricola, Thuricolopsis, Thylakidium, Thysanomorpha, Tiarina, Tillina, Tintinnidium, Tintinnopsis, Tintinnus, Tokophrya, Tokophryella, Tokophryopsis, Tontonia (Marine species), Trachelius, Trachelocerca (Syn. Gruvelina, Nephrocerca, Protrichophora), Trachelochaeta, Trachelolophos, Trachelonema (See; Tracheloraphis), Trachelophyllum, Tracheloraphis (Syn. Trachelonema), Trachelostyla (Syn. Gonostomum (part), Stichochaeta), Trachelotractus, Transitella, Trichoda, Trichoderum, Trichodina, Trichodinella, Trichodinopsis, Trichodoxa, Trichopelma, Trichophrya, Trichospira, Trichotaxis, Trichototaxis (Syn. Trichotaxis), Trimyema (Syn. Sciadostoma), Tripartiella, Trithigmostoma, Trochilia, Trochilioides, Trochiliopsis, Tropidoatractus, Turaniella (Syn. Turania)

[U]

Undella, Undellopsis, Urceolaria, Urnula, Urocentrum, Urochaenia, Urocyclon, Uroleptoides, Uroleptopsis, Uroleptus (Syn. Cladotricha, Platytrichotus), Uronema, Uronemella, Uronemita, Uronemopsis, Uronychia, Uropedalium, Urosoma (Syn. Parastrombidium, Pseudostrombidium), Urosomoida, Urospina, Urospinula (Syn. Urospina), Urostorngylum, Urostyla, Urotricha (Syn. Balanitozoon), Urozona, Usconophrys

[V]

Vaginicola, Vasichona, Vasicola (Syn. Pelamphora), Vorticella

[W]

Wallackia, Wenrichia, Wesenbergia, Woodania, Woodruffia

[X]

Xystonella, Xystonellopsis

[Z]

Zoothamnium, Zosterodasys

Identification key

  1. Lorica

  2. Stalk like structure

  3. Tentacle and tentacle like process

    From Dr. Ouchiyama, Kuniyasu

    Acineta, Acinetides, Acinetopsis, Actinobolina, Astrophrya, Belonophrya, Brachyosoma (Hallezia), Canellana, Caracatharina, Choanophrya, Cirrophrya, Cometodendron, Cryptophrya, Cyclophrya, Dactylochlamys, Dactylosoma, Dendrocometes, Dendrocometides, Dendrosoma, Dendrosomides, Discosomatella, Discophrya, Echinophrya, Enchelyomorpha, Erastophrya, Gorgonosoma, Heliophrya, Hypophrya, Loricophrya, Lecanodiscus, Lacerus, Legendrea, Lophophorina, Loricophrya, Metacineta, Mucophrya, Paracineta, Parastentor, Periacineta, Peridiscophrya, Platophrya, Prodiscophrya, Podophrya, Rhyncheta, Rhynchophria, Spelaeophrya, Sphaerophrya, Solenophrya, Staurophrya, Stylocometes, Stylophrya, Suctorella, Thysanomorpha, Tokophrya, Tokophryella, Tokophryopsis, Trichophrya, Urnula

  4. Spine-like projections

    From Dr. Ouchiyama

    Atopodinium, Coleps, Discomorphella, Drepanomonas, Dysteria, Microthorax, Ludio, Orthotrochilia, Parachilodonella, Saprodinium, Trochilia, Trochilioides

  5. Ciliary girdles

    Acropisthium, Askenasia, Didinium, Dinophrya, Mesodinium, Monodinium

  6. Cirri

    From Kuniyasu

  7. Unciliated ridges

    Branchioecetes, Bryophyllum, Diceratula, Myriokaryon, Penardiella, Perispira

  8. Trichocyst warts

    Loxophyllum

  9. Long cilium

  10. Body color

  11. Mouth

  12. Contractile vacuole

  13. Macronucleus

  14. Prominent undulating membranes

    From Dr. Ouchiyama

    Condylostoma, Cristigera, Cyclidium, Dexiotrichides, Histiobalantium, Pleuronema, Uronemopsis

  15. Cyst formation

  16. Body shape

    Pyriform, Cylindrical, Clavate, Flask, Cigar, Foot, Heart, Transversely truncate, Obliquely truncate, Anterior beak or rostrum, Anterior neck-like, Stellate, Dendritic

Scientists list


We cannot still accept permission to quote some description from following articles. Please allow us to reproduce. (June 30, 2018)

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