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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Myrionecta

Family Mesodiniidae: Litostomatea (ref. ID; 4971)

[ref. ID; 4352]
Single species. (ref. ID; 4352)
  1. Myrionecta rubra (Lohmann, 1908) Jankowski, 1976 (ref. ID; 4352, 4971) or Jankowski, 1976 (ref. ID; 4991) reported author and year? (ref. ID; 1877, 4613)
    See; Mesodinium rubrum Lohmann, 1908 (ref. ID; 4991)
    Syn; Mesodinium rubrum (ref. ID; 1877, 4971)

Myrionecta rubra (Lohmann, 1908) Jankowski, 1976 (ref. ID; 4352, 4971) or Jankowski, 1976 (ref. ID; 4991) reported author and year? (ref. ID; 1877, 4613)

See

Mesodinium rubrum Lohmann, 1908 (ref. ID; 4991)

Synonym

Mesodinium rubrum (ref. ID; 1877, 4971)

Descriptions

Anterior portion smaller than posterior. The EKB-kineties are composed of double rows of basal bodies arranged in zigzag. The PKB-kineties comprise of groups of square-packed basal bodies. On apex distally forked tentacles, retractable. No contractile vacuole observed. Cytoplasm with permanent obligatory symbionts. Marine. (ref. ID; 4352)