Glauconema Thompson, 1966

Ma, Hongwei, Song, Weibo, Warren, Alan, Roberts, David, Gong, Jun & Al-Rasheid, Khaled A. S., 2006, Redescription of the marine scuticociliate Glauconema trihymene Thompson, 1966 (Protozoa: Ciliophora): life cycle and stomatogenesis, Zootaxa 1296, pp. 1-17 : 3

Genus Glauconema Thompson, 1966

An improved diagnosis for Glauconema is here supplied based on the original description and on data obtained during the present study.

Improved diagnosis: Polymorphic Parauronematidae with trophont, tomite and cyst stages; oral area equatorially located: membranelles 1 and 2 (M1, M2) highly developed, closely opposed in trophont while well separated in tomite; membrane 3 (M3) significantly smaller than M1 and M2; paroral membrane positioned mid­way to the right of M2.

Type species: Glauconema trihymene Thompson, 1966 .