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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Pseudoenchelys

Pseudoenchelys Tucolesco, 1962 (ref. ID; 2013)

Class Kinetofragminophora: Subclass Gymnostomata: Incertae sedis Order Prostomatida and/or Haptorida (ref. ID; 2013)

[ref. ID; 2013]
Body shape elongate, metabolic, rounded posterior, anterior truncated transversely. Covered in longitudinal furrows. Oral aperture rounded, surrounded by forward pointing spines and armed internally with trichocysts. Uniformly ciliated. Macronucleus C-shaped. Posterior contractile vacuole located on one side. Found in cave pool feeding on ciliates, single record (Romania).
Quote; Colin R. Curds "British and other freshwater ciliated protozoa Part I Ciliophora: Kinetofragminophora" Cambridge University Press, 1982 (ref. ID; 2013)