Synhymenia
Synhymenia Jankowski, 1967 (ref. ID; 2013)
Class Kinetofragminophora: Subclass Hypostomata: Order Synhymenida (ref. ID; 2013)
[ref. ID; 2013]
Body elongate, rounded in cross-section with the anterior quarter bent strongly to the left in the form of a beak. Body ciliated completely. Oral aperture in center of anterior quarter of ventral surface. Oral apparatus consists of a basket of trichites. There is an extensive post-oral frange composed of a transversely oriented line of compound ciliary organelles which traverses the complete ventral width and extends on both sides to the dorsal surface. Several small vacuoles distributed throughout the cell plus a single large terminal contractile vacuole present. Macronucleus ovoid.
Genus created by Jankowski (1967) for the species Nassula heterovesiculata Gelei, 1939.
Quote; Colin R. Curds "British and other freshwater ciliated protozoa Part I Ciliophora: Kinetofragminophora" Cambridge University Press, 1982 (ref. ID; 2013)