Caracatharina
Caracatharina Kormos, 1960 (ref. ID; 2013)
Body elongate, ellipsoid in shape of which only the apical part protrudes from out of the distinct cup-like lorica. The lorica is also elongate and has a posterior prolonged extension to form a stalk-like region for attachment via a broad circular plate. Capitate tentacles emerge from all over that part of the body that protrudes beyond the lorical aperture. Reproduction is by invaginative internal budding to produce a swarmer which is ciliated all over the ventral surface. Most easily confused with Paracineta which has a true stalk.
Quote; Colin R. Curds "British and other freshwater ciliated protozoa Part I Ciliophora: Kinetofragminophora" Cambridge University Press, 1982 (ref. ID; 2013)