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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Reichenowella

Reichenowella Kahl, 1932 (ref. ID; 2014)

Class Polyhymenophora: Subclass Spirotricha: Order Heterotrichida: Suborder Heterotrichina (ref. ID; 2014)

[ref. ID; 2014]
Body elongate and slightly truncated obliquely at apical end. The peristome is narrow, very short (less than quarter body length) lying on the anterior left edge of the ventral surface. Inconspicuous AZM but no undulating membrane. The body uniformly ciliated in longitudinal meridians. The terminal contractile vacuole served by canals. The macronucleus is vermiform. Sapropelic.
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. Reichenowella nigricans Kahl (ref. ID; 1335)