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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Pleurochilidium

Pleurochilidium Stein, 1860 (ref. ID; 2014)

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

[ref. ID; 2014]
Small (35 um long) flattened reniform ciliates. Anterior end bending to the crenulated right-hand side. Oral aperture in anterior body half with a narrow membrane on the right edge. Dispersed trichocysts present. Contractile vacuole posterior. Macronucleus spherical and centrally located. Single species genus originally found amongst Lemna, the floating pond weed.
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. Pleurochilidium strigilatum Stein, 1860 (ref. ID; 1622)