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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Schewiakoffia

Schewiakoffia Corliss, 1960 (ref. ID; 2013)

Class Kinetofragminophora: Subclass Gymnostomata: Order Haptorida: Family Enchelyidae (ref. ID; 2013)

Synonym Maupasia Schewiakoff, 1892 (ref. ID; 2013)

[ref. ID; 2013]
Body shape approximately ovoid but rather asymmetrical with flattened ventral surface and convex dorsal surface. Body metabolic and slightly contractile. Oral aperture in anterior quarter of body opening from ventral surface. Anterior somatic cilia denser than posterior cilia. Caudal cilium present. Macronucleus oval, centrally located. Contractile vacuole posterior with permanent pore opening onto ventral surface. Rare, description based on single record in Russia.
Quote; Colin R. Curds "British and other freshwater ciliated protozoa Part I Ciliophora: Kinetofragminophora" Cambridge University Press, 1982 (ref. ID; 2013)
  1. Schewiakoffia paradoxa Schewiakoff, 1893 (ref. ID; 1619)