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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Uroleptopsis

Uroleptopsis Kahl

[ref. ID; 3925]
Uroleptopsis includes a few species of marine hypotrichs presumably separable from Keronopsis only be apparent absence of transverse cirri. However, transverse cirri are variable in number or absent in some clones of Keronopsis rubra. Hence, recognition of Uroleptopsis as a valid taxon no longer seems warranted. Its species probably are assignable most to Keronopsis. (ref. ID; 3925)
  1. Uroleptopsis citrina Kahl (ref. ID; 1618)
  2. Uroleptopsis multiseta Dragesco, 1970
    See; Kahliella microstoma Dragesco & Dragesco-Kerneis, 1986 (ref. ID; 4730)

Uroleptopsis citrina Kahl (ref. ID; 1618)

Descriptions

Elongate; flexible; ectoplasm with pale-yellow ringed bodies which give the organism yellowish color; marginals discontinuous posteriorly; two contractile vacuoles near left border; salt water. (ref. ID; 1618)

Measurements

150-250 um long. (ref. ID; 1618)