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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Uroleptoides

Uroleptoides Wenzel, 1953 (ref. ID; 2014, 3593 original paper)

Class Polyhymenophora: Subclass Spirotricha: Order Hypotrichida: Suborder Stichotrichina: Family Holostichidae (ref. ID; 2014)

[ref. ID; 2014]
Narrow, elongate, posteriorly tapered body with 2 rows of marginal cirri and a single row of ventral cirri. Frontal cirri distinct with the 3 anterior most ones enlarged. 4 caudal cirri but transverse cirri absent. AZM short, restricted to anterior body quarter. Contractile vacuole equatorial served by 2 longitudinal canals. Many macronuclei in chains with associated micronuclei. Found in mosses.
Placed by Borror (1972) in the genus Amphisiella.
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. Uroleptoides atypica Hemberger, 1985 (ref. ID; 4697 original paper) reported author and year? (ref. ID; 191)
  2. Uroleptoides binucleata Hemberger, 1985 (ref. ID; 4697 original paper) reported author and year? (ref. ID; 191)
  3. Uroleptoides caudata Hemberger, 1985 (ref. ID; 4697 original paper) reported author and year? (ref. ID; 191)
  4. Uroleptoides citrina Kahl (ref. ID; 1621)
  5. Uroleptoides kihni Wenzel, 1953 (ref. ID; 3890)
  6. Uroleptoides kilni Wenzel, 1953 (ref. ID; 3593 original paper)
  7. Uroleptoides roscoviana (Maupas, 1883) (ref. ID; 1621)
  8. Uroleptoides viridis (Perejaslawzewa, 1885) (ref. ID; 1621)

Uroleptoides kihni Wenzel, 1953 (ref. ID; 3890)

Descriptions

Uniformly, there are 2 rows of right marginal cirri, one row of left marginal cirri, and several frontal cirri. There are 3 rows of dorsal cilia and no caudal or transverse cirri. The paroral apparatus is short. The macronucleus commonly is in about 15-16 fragments. One fission stage studied depicts developing frontal cirri in the opisthe similar to Cladotricha. (ref. ID; 3890)