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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Parastylonychia

Parastylonychia Dragesco, 1963 (ref. ID; 4894)

Family Oxytrichidae Ehrenberg, 1838: Subfamily Stylonychinae Berger & Foissner, 1997 (ref. ID; 4894 subfamily original paper)

[ref. ID; 4894]
Improved characterization; Undulating membranes in Stylonychia pattern. One right and one left row of marginal cirri, distinctly separate posteriorly. Caudal cirri absent. (ref. ID; 4894)
Remarks; Monotypic i.e. includes only the type species. A detailed redescription and morphogenetic data are required for a more exact classification of this marine species. (ref. ID; 4894)
Type species (by monotypy); Parastylonychia plouneouri Dragesco, 1963 (ref. ID; 4894)
  1. Parasylonychia plouneouri Dragesco, 1963 (ref. ID; 4894)