Mesanophrys cf. carcini Small & Lynn in Aescht, 2001

Xuming Pan, 2016, Seven scuticociliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora) from Alabama, USA, with descriptions of two parasitic species isolated from a freshwater mussel Potamilus purpuratus, European Journal of Taxonomy 249, pp. 1-19 : 9

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2016.249
publication LSID	urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:43278833-B695-4375-B1BD-E98C28A9E50E
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5631555
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C487DB-6853-FFB3-5482-F95D89D5328A
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Mesanophrys cf. carcini Small & Lynn in Aescht, 2001
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The newly observed specimens resemble those of free-living forms of Mesanophrys carcini Small & Lynn in Aescht, 2001 in all respects except: numbers of somatic kineties (10 in parasitic forms vs 11 in free-living forms) and body shapes (variable in parasitic forms vs constant slim and spindle-shaped to long fusiform in free-living forms) ( Grolière & Leglise 1977; Song & Wilbert 2000). These differences may be due to different life-styles and abundance of food sources.