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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Epenardia

Epenardia Corliss, 1971 (ref. ID; 2014)

Class Oligohymenophora: Subclass Hymenostomata: Order Hymenostomatida (ref. ID; 2014)

[ref. ID; 2014]
Large ciliate, outline-shape elongated oval or pyriform tapering anteriorly. Oral aperture in anterior body half and 9-shaped rather than pyriform. Membranelle M3 very large but very deep in the buccal cavity and displaced far to the right. There is a distinct 'x' body associated with membranelle M2. Pre-oral suture straight, coaxial with body, formed where kineties arch over in anterior body third. Somatic ciliation dense with over 100 kineties present but only 9 or 10 post-oral meridians. The pellicle is curiously sculptured producing a squared of tile-like surface. Contractile vacuole in posterior body half. Single spherical macronucleus centrally located. Single species genus originally described by Penard (1922).
Quote; Colin R. Curds, Michael A. Gates and David McL. Roberts "British and other freshwater ciliated protozoa Part II Ciliophora: Oligohymenophora and Polyhymenophora" Cambridge University Press, 1983 (ref. ID; 2014)
  1. Epenardia myriophylli (Penard, 1922) Corliss, 1971 (ref. ID; 4611) reported author and year? (ref. ID; 1629)
    Syn; Glaucoma myriophylli Penard, 1922 (ref. ID; 4611)