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Pseudoglaucoma

Pseudoglaucoma Kahl, 1931 (ref. ID; 2014)

Class Oligohymenophora: Subclass Hymenostomata: Order Hymenostomatida (ref. ID; 2014)

[ref. ID; 2014]
Small (30 um long), dorso-ventrally flattened ciliate. The right edge of the oral aperture is drawn out to form a stiff flap and the aperture is displaced to lie on the right edge. The overall outline of the body is oval with a small, more or less triangular shaped flap about a quarter of the way down the body of the right edge. There is a single visible membranelle in the buccal cavity. The somatic cilia are reduced such that there are 4 dorsal rows of cilia and the ventral surface remains unciliated. Posterior contractile vacuole. Macronucleus ovoid, centrally located.
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)
  1. Pseudoglaucoma labiata (Kahl, 1931) (ref. ID; 3593) reported author and year? (ref. ID; 1622)
  2. Pseudoglaucoma muscorum (Kahl, 1931) (ref. ID; 3593) reported author and year? (ref. ID; 1622)