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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Brandtiella

Brandtiella Kofoid & Campbell, 1929 (ref. ID; 3597)

[ref. ID; 3597]
Lorica convered with gelatinous substance; collar consisting of a low trancated funnel and a suboral angular ledge; bowl sac-like; wall finely prismatic, separated in the anterior part. (ref. ID; 3597)
Type species; Brandtiella palliata (Brandt) Kofoid & Campbell (ref. ID; 3597)
  1. Brandtiella palliata (Brandt) Kofoid & Campbell (ref. ID; 3597)

Brandtiella palliata (Brandt) Kofoid & Campbell (ref. ID; 3597)

Descriptions

Lorica covered with a capsular gelatinous coating mixed with fine foreign particles, 8 oral diameters in length; collar short, 0.08-0.10 of the total length in height, consisting of a low truncated funnel (50-55 degrees) formed by a suboral constriction and of an expanding angular ledge (68-77 degrees) which is nearly equal to the oral diameter; bowl narrowest below the collar; inflated at its middle, circular in cross section in its anterior part, usually becoming gradually triangular towards the blunt aboral end; wall separated in the upper one-third of the lorica. (ref. ID; 3597)

Comments

The species coated characteristically with gelatinous matters in easily distinguishable from forms of the other genera. (ref. ID; 3597)

Measurements

Length 150-155; oral diameter 50-53 um. (ref. ID; 3597)