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Holophrya

Holophrya Ehrenberg, 1831 (ref. ID; 3540, 3690, 4611) or 1833 (ref. ID; 2013)
Subgenus Balanophrya Kahl, 1930 (ref. ID; 3540 original paper)

From Dr. Inaki

Class Kinetofragminophora: Subclass Gymnostomata: Order Prostomatida: Suborder Prostomatina: Family Holophryidae (ref. ID; 2013)

[ref. ID; 2013]
Body shape ovoid to spherical, uniformly ciliated all over body except that in some species there may be a caudal tuft of longer cilia. There is a circular apical oral aperture which leads to a tubular or conical cytopharynx which is usually supported by a delicate basket of trichites. The oral aperture is a simple invagination and is flush with the apical surface, there is no apical collar-like process. Trichocysts often present all over body below the pellicle. Macronucleus ovoid. Contractile vacuole terminal. Feeds on other protozoa.
Quote; Colin R. Curds "British and other freshwater ciliated protozoa Part I Ciliophora: Kinetofragminophora" Cambridge University Press, 1982 (ref. ID; 2013)
  1. Holophrya aklitolophon (ref. ID; 4611)
  2. Holophrya alveolata Kahl, 1926 (ref. ID; 1619, 3540) reported year? (ref. ID; 3771)
  3. Holophrya annandalei Ghosh, 1919 (ref. ID; 1619, 3540)
  4. Holophrya atra Svec, 1897 (ref. ID; 1619, 3115, 3540)
    See; Prorodon ovum (ref. ID; 4813)
  5. Holophrya barbatula Penard, 1922 (ref. ID; 1619, 3540)
  6. Holophrya bengalensis Ghosh, 1919 (ref. ID; 1619, 3540)
  7. Holophrya biconica Sauerbrey, 1928 (ref. ID; 3540) reported author and year? (ref. ID; 1619)
  8. Holophrya bicoronata (ref. ID; 7234)
  9. Holophrya bimacronucleata (ref. ID; 1620)
  10. Holophrya butschlii Burger, 1906
    See; Ophryoglena atra (ref. ID; 1622)
  11. Holophrya carchesii Canella (ref. ID; 2570 original paper) reported author and year? (ref. ID; 3292)
  12. Holophrya coronata Morgan (ref. ID; 2117)
  13. Holophrya discolor Ehrenberg, 1833 (ref. ID; 4488, 4611)
    See; Prorodon ovum (ref. ID; 4813), Description of Prorodon viridis (ref. ID; 4881)
  14. Holophrya gargamellae Faure-Fremiet, 1924
    See; Bursellopsis nigricans (Lauterborn, 1894) (ref. ID; 4613)
  15. Holophrya gracilis Penard, 1922 (ref. ID; 1619, 3540, 4488)
    Syn; Urotricha hyalina Smith?, 1897 (ref. ID; 1619)
  16. Holophrya haplostoma Andre, 1916 (ref. ID; 1619, 3540)
  17. Holophrya hexatricha Savi, 1913 (ref. ID; 1619, 3540)
  18. Holophrya indica Bathia, 1916 (ref. ID; 1619, 3540)
  19. Holophrya kessleri Faure-Fremiet, 1924
    See; Enchelys pellucida Eberhard, 1862 (ref. ID; 1619, 3540)
  20. Holophrya kessleri Mereschkowsky, 1878 (ref. ID; 1619, 3540)
  21. Holophrya lateralis Kent, 1881 (ref. ID; 1619, 3540)
  22. Holophrya marina Mansfeld, 1923 (ref. ID; 1619, 3540)
  23. Holophrya mobilis Wang & Nie, 1933
    See; Bursellopsis nigricans mobilis (ref. ID; 4613)
  24. Holophrya nigricans Lauterborn, 1894 (ref. ID; 4613), 1906 (ref. ID; 3115) or 1908 (ref. ID; 1219, 1619, 3540)
    See; Bursellopsis nigricans (Lauterborn, 1894) (ref. ID; 4613)
  25. Holophrya oblonga Maupas (ref. ID; 1335, 2117, 3690)
  26. Holophrya ornata Stokes, 1887 (ref. ID; 1619, 3540)
  27. Holophrya ovum Ehrenberg, 1831 (ref. ID; 3115, 4611, 4813, 4881) reported author and year? (ref. ID; 1629)
    See; Prorodon ovum (ref. ID; 3115, 4813), Description of Prorodon viridis (ref. ID; 4881)
    Syn; Porodon viridis Kahl, 1927 (ref. ID; 4611)
  28. Holophrya pelagica Lohmann, 1920 (ref. ID; 1619, 3540)
  29. Holophrya perlucida Gajevskaja, 1927 (ref. ID; 1619, 3540)
  30. Holophrya pharyngeata (ref. ID; 1620)
  31. Holophrya pogonias Smith, 1897 (ref. ID; 1619, 3540)
  32. Holophrya saginata Penard, 1922 (ref. ID; 1619, 3540, 3593) reported year? (ref. ID; 3698)
  33. Holophrya simplex Schewiakoff, 1893 (ref. ID; 1619, 3115, 3540) reported year? (ref. ID; 1618)
  34. Holophrya spirogyrophaga Leipe, 1989 (ref. ID; 4488, 4611)
  35. Holophrya sulcata Penard, 1922 (ref. ID; 1619, 3540)
  36. Holophrya teres (Ehrenberg, 1833) (ref. ID; 4611) or (Ehrenberg, 1833) Foissner et al., 1994 (ref. ID; 4488) reported author and year? (ref. ID; 1629)
    Syn; Prorodon teres Ehrenberg, 1833 (ref. ID; 4611)
  37. Holophrya truncata Kahl, 1927
    See; Bursellopsis truncata (ref. ID; 4613)
  38. Holophrya vesiculosa Kahl, 1926 (ref. ID; 1619, 3540)
  39. Holophrya vorax Dragesco, 1960 (ref. ID; 3690 original paper)
  1. Balanophrya collaris Kahl, 1926 (ref. ID; 3540)
  2. Balanophrya helenae Andre, 1915 (ref. ID; 3540)
  3. Balanophrya mamillata Kahl, 1927 (ref. ID; 3540)

Holophrya simplex Schewiakoff, 1893 (ref. ID; 1619, 3115, 3540) reported year? (ref. ID; 1618)

Descriptions

Ellipsoidal; eighteen to twenty ciliary rows; cilia uniformly long; cytostome small; cytopharynx without trichocysts or trichites; contractile vacuole and cytopyge posterior; macronucleus large, round. (ref. ID; 1618)

Measurements

34 by 18 um. (ref. ID; 1618)