Loricophrya Matthes, 1956
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4061.5.9 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6059310 |
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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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