Pseudocohnilembus hargisi Evans & Thompson, 1964

Fig. 3A–D; Table 1

Description

Description based on Alabama population: Size in vivo 20–30 × 8–12 μm, elongate-elliptical in outline, with cell width becoming wider toward posterior end (Fig. 3A–C). Cytoplasm colourless to grayish, containing several to many shining granules (Fig. 3A–B). Extrusomes not observed. One caudal cilium 10 μm long or approximately 30% of body length. Single macronucleus. Somatic cilia approximately 5 μm long. Twelve to 13 somatic kineties. M1 and 2 parallel to the cell’s longitudinal axis, each formed by a single row of kinetosomes (Fig. 3D). M2 started anteriorly near the second paired kinetids of somatic kinety 1, terminated posteriorly near the mid-body region (Fig. 3D). Length of M2 80% of buccal field; M3 consisting of three rows of kinetids.