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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Dinophrya

Dinophrya Butschli, 1889 (ref. ID; 2013)

Class Kinetofragminophora: Subclass Gymnostomata: Order Haptorida: Family Didiniidae (ref. ID; 2013)

See Acropisthium Perty, 1852 (ref. ID; 3540)

[ref. ID; 2013]
Body barrel-shaped with both ends broadly rounded. Oral aperture apical, cytopharynx supported by trichites. Body ciliation takes form of 7 to 8 separate transverse ciliary bands. Each band is composed of a number of short rows of cilia, the 2 anterior most bands being wider than the others. Macronucleus spherical. Contractile vacuole posterior.
Quote; Colin R. Curds "British and other freshwater ciliated protozoa Part I Ciliophora: Kinetofragminophora" Cambridge University Press, 1982 (ref. ID; 2013)
  1. Dinophrya cylindrica Rimsky-Korsakow, 1897
    See; Acropisthium mutabile Perty, 1852 (ref. ID; 1619, 3540)
  2. Dinophrya lieberkuhni Butschli, 1889
    See; Acropisthium mutabile Perty, 1852 (ref. ID; 1619, 3540)
  3. Dinophrya lieberkuhni Faure-Fremiet, 1924
    See; Didinium faurei (ref. ID; 1619, 3540)