Ileonema
Ileonema Stokes, 1884 (ref. ID; 2013)
Class Kinetofragminophora: Subclass Gymnostomata: Order Haptorida: Family Enchelyidae (ref. ID; 2013)
Synonym Monomastix Roux (ref. ID; 1618)
[ref. ID; 2013]
Body outline shape elongate and flask-like, flattened laterally. Broadly rounded posteriorly, narrowing towards anterior. Rather contractile. Apical region bears a long retractile flagellum-like organelle which in one species is borne upon a thicker, twisted retractile rod. Body ciliation uniform and complete. Cytopharynx armed with delicate trichites. Macronucleus rounded in one or two parts. Single contractile vacuole terminal.
Quote; Colin R. Curds "British and other freshwater ciliated protozoa Part I Ciliophora: Kinetofragminophora" Cambridge University Press, 1982 (ref. ID; 2013)
- Ileonema ciliata Roux, 1901 (ref. ID; 1619, 3540) reported year? (ref. ID; 1618)
- Ileonema dispar Stokes, 1884 (ref. ID; 1619, 3540) reported year? (ref. ID; 1618)
- Ileonema simplex Penard, 1922 (ref. ID; 1619, 3540)
Ileonema ciliata Roux, 1901 (ref. ID; 1619, 3540) reported year? (ref. ID; 1618)
Measurements
75 by 14 um. (ref. ID; 1618)
Ileonema dispar Stokes, 1884 (ref. ID; 1619, 3540) reported year? (ref. ID; 1618)
Descriptions
Highly contractile; an anterior flagellum half body length, whose basal portion spirally furrowed; cytostome at base of the flagellum; cytopharynx spindle-form with trichites; two contractile vacuoles and cytopyge posterior; ovoid macronucleus; movement slow creeping; fresh water among algae. (ref. ID; 1618)
Measurements
About 120 um long. (ref. ID; 1618)