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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Craspedomyoschistion

Craspedomyoschistion Precht, 1935 (ref. ID; 1248, 2014)

Class Oligohymenophora: Subclass Peritricha: Order Peritrichida: Suborder Sessilina (ref. ID; 2014)
Family Zoothamniidae (ref. ID; 1248)

[ref. ID; 2014]
Colonial. Inverted bell-shaped zooids borne upon partially contractile stalk whose branches contract in a zigzag fashion not spirally. The central trunk of the stalk is non-contractile. The animal closely resembles the genus Myoschiston in form but in Craspedomyoschistion there is a lorica-like structure around the central trunk of the stalk.
Quote; Colin R. Curds, Michael A Gates and David McL. Roberts "British and other freshwater ciliated protozoa Part II Ciliophora: Oligohymenophora and Polyhymenophora" Cambridge University Press, 1983 (ref. ID; 2014)