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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Tiarina

Tiarina Bergh, 1880

From Dr. Inaki

[ref. ID; 3596]
Body spindle-shaped, covered with oblong plates arranged in rows running through the body; mouth located at the truncated anterior end surrounded by tooth-like processes of terminals of the oral plates; posterior region tapering to a pointed tip; cilia rather dense on the oral border, sparse on the surface of the body. (ref. ID; 3596)
  1. Tiarina fusus Claparede & Lachmann, 1857 (ref. ID; 3540) reported year? (ref. ID; 3596)
  2. Tiarina meunieri Kahl, 1930 (ref. ID; 3540)
    Syn; Stappersia fusus Meunier, 1907 (ref. ID; 3540)

Tiarina fusus Claparede & Lachmann, 1857 (ref. ID; 3540) reported year? (ref. ID; 3596)

Descriptions

Body fusiform, length 2.7-3.0 of the greatest width; five rectangular plates lengthwise in a row, each having several knots; longitudinal rows of plates about ten in number; macronucleus single, comparatively large, spherical, placed near the center of the body; contractile vacuole invisible. (ref. ID; 3596)

Measurements

Length 90-100; breadth 30-35 um. (ref. ID; 3596)