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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Hemiophrys

Hemiophrys Wrzesniowski, 1870 (ref. ID; 3690)

See Amphileptus
  1. Hemiophrys agilis Penard, 1922 (ref. ID; 1622)
  2. Hemiophrys aselli (ref. ID; 1622)
  3. Hemiophrys avellens Canella (ref. ID; 2570 original paper, 2574)
  4. Hemiophrys bivacuolata Kahl (ref. ID; 1219, 1622, 2245)
  5. Hemiophrys bivacuolata f. polysaprobica Kahl (ref. ID; 1219)
  6. Hemiophrys bivacuolata f. typica Kahl (ref. ID; 1219)
  7. Hemiophrys branchiarum (Wenrich, 1924) (ref. ID; 1622)
  8. Hemiophrys filum Gruber, 1884 (ref. ID; 1620)
  9. Hemiophrys fossigera Kahl, 1935 (ref. ID; 4612) reported author and year? (ref. ID; 1620, 2574)
    See; Amphileptus carchesii (ref. ID; 4612)
  10. Hemiophrys fusidens Kahl, 1926 (ref. ID; 1622) reported year? (ref. ID; 3690)
  11. Hemiophrys impatiens Penard, 1922 (ref. ID; 1622)
  12. Hemiophrys loxophylliforme Dragesco, 1960 (ref. ID; 3690 original paper)
  13. Hemiophrys marina (ref. ID; 1622)
  14. Hemiophrys meleagris (Ehrenberg, 1835) (ref. ID; 1622)
    Syn; Hemiophrys diaphanes Wrzesniowski, 1870 (ref. ID; 1622)
  15. Hemiophrys muscicola Kahl, 1931 (ref. ID; 3593) reported author and year? (ref. ID; 1622)
  16. Hemiophrys pectinata Kahl, 1926 (ref. ID; 1622)
  17. Hemiophrys pleurosigma Stokes, 1884 (ref. ID; 1219, 1622, 2245)
    See; Amphileptus pleurosigma (ref. ID; 4612)
    Syn; Lionotus pleurosigma Stokes, 1884
  18. Hemiophrys plurivacuolata Foissner (ref. ID; 3698)
  19. Hemiophrys procera Penard, 1922 (ref. ID; 1622) or (Penard, 1922) Kahl, 1931 (ref. ID; 4612)
    See; Amphileptus procerus (ref. ID; 4612)
    Syn; Trachelis meleagris Ehrenberg, 1838? (ref. ID; 1622)
  20. Hemiophrys punctata Kahl, 1926 (ref. ID; 1622)
  21. Hemiophrys salmica Burkovsky, 1970 (ref. ID; 2112 original paper)
  22. Hemiophrys rotunda Kahl, 1930 (ref. ID; 3119, 3690) reported author and year? (ref. ID; 1622)
    Syn; Lionotus lamella var. rotundus Kahl, 1926 (ref. ID; 1622)
  23. Hemiophrys similis Ghosh, 1921 (ref. ID; 1622)

Hemiophrys bivacuolata Kahl (ref. ID; 1219, 1622, 2245)

Descriptions

Body laterally compressed, flask-shaped, right and left side more or less flat, cilia only on the right side, ventral side convex, with a long slit-like mouth; differs from the genus Litonotus in having 2 or more contractile vacuoles; 2 spherical macronuclei in close contact with a single micronucleus located between them. (ref. ID; 1219)

Hemiophrys bivacuolata f. polysaprobica Kahl (ref. ID; 1219)

Descriptions

Posterior part very broad; anterior part neck-like strongly curved dorsally; anterior region hyaline, posterior part granulated and appearing dark; 2 contractile vacuoles; trichocysts tiny and indistinct; very metabolic in shape. (ref. ID; 1219)

Measurements

Length 90-150 um long. (ref. ID; 1219)

Hemiophrys bivacuolata f. typica Kahl (ref. ID; 1219)

Descriptions

Body length 80-135 um long; body elongated; anterior part slightly curved towards the dorsal side, not neck-like; cytoplasm hyaline, strong trichocysts in the anterior region; 2 contractile vacuoles; moderately metabolic in shape. (ref. ID; 1219)