Loricophrya Matthes, 1956

Sergeeva, Nelli & Dovgal, Igor, 2016, Loricophrya bosporica n. sp. (Ciliophora, Suctorea) epibiont of Desmoscolex minutus (Nematoda, Desmoscolecida) from oxic / anoxic boundary of the Black Sea Istanbul Strait’s outlet area, Zootaxa 4061 (5), pp. 596-600 : 596

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4061.5.9

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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FA505BB5-9099-435D-A620-3B78BB517B67

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6059310

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039387D7-E149-AC69-84F6-33F5C145556B

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Plazi

scientific name

Loricophrya Matthes, 1956
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Genus Loricophrya Matthes, 1956

Freshwater, marine and soil suctorians with the stylotheca. The stalk-like protuberance of the stylotheca is shorter than the lorica itself and may absent. The cell body spherical or ellipsoid. Macronucleus spherical or elongated. Several clavate tentacles are arranged at the apical surface of the body. Reproduction by exogemmy with formation of a single apical protomite. Swarmer oval with longitudinal ciliary rows and tentacles. Type species: Thecacineta parva Schulz, 1932 .

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