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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Uronemopsis

Uronemopsis Kahl, 1931 (ref. ID; 2014)

Class Oligohymenophora: Subclass Hymenostomata: Order Scuticociliatida (ref. ID; 2014)

[ref. ID; 2014]
Medium (50-100 um long), slender reniform ciliate that may be colorless or yellow. Anterior keel slightly truncated obliquely. Body laterally compressed. Oral aperture lies in a depression on the right body edge in the anterior body third. A prominent undulating membrane on the right forming a posterior pocket. Membranelles on the left of the oral aperture. Somatic ciliation in longitudinal rows, the ventral kineties meeting pre-orally on the keel. Pre-oral suture absent. Contractile vacuole in posterior body third. Many trichocysts present. Spherical macronucleus centrally located. Single species genus.
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. Uronemopsis kenti (Kahl, 1926) (ref. ID; 1622)