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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Plesiotricha

Plesiotricha Dragesco, 1970 (ref. ID; 2014)

Class Polyhymenophora: Subclass Spirotricha: Order Hypotrichida: Suborder Stichotrichina: Family Spirofilidae (ref. ID; 2014)

Synonym Uroleptapsis Dragesco, 1970 (ref. ID; 2014); Uroleptopsis Dragesco, 1970 (ref. ID; 2014)

[ref. ID; 2014]
A small oval to bag-shaped ciliate. Arrangement of the cirri simple, being restricted to 9 or 10 meridional rows without distinct frontal or transverse cirri. The AZM is short, restricted to the anterior body third. Macronucleus divided into two parts located approximately in the center of the body each with and adjacent micronucleus. Contractile vacuole equatorial. Single species described originally from Cameroon, Africa.
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)