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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Chilomonas

Chilomonas Ehrenberg, 1838 (ref. ID; 4656) or 1859 (ref. ID; 7452)

[ref. ID; 1618]
Similar to Cryptomonas in general body form and structure, but colorless because of the absence of chromatophores; without pyrenoid; "cytopharynx" deep, lower half surrounded by granules, considered by Hollande (1942) and Dragesco (1951) as trichocysts; 1 contractile vacuole anterior; nucleus in posterior half; endoplasm usually filled with polygonal starch grains; saprozoic; fresh water. (ref. ID; 1618)
  1. Chilomonas bacillaris Javornicky (ref. ID; 3517)
  2. Chilomonas insignis (Skuja) Javornicky (ref. ID; 3517)
  3. Chilomonas oblonga Pascher (ref. ID; 1618, 3517)
  4. Chilomonas oblonga Pascher f. minor (Czosn.) Javornicky (ref. ID; 3517)
  5. Chilomonas paramaecium Ehrenberg, 1838 (ref. ID; 4656)
  6. Chilomonas paramecium Ehrenberg (ref. ID; 1618, 3342, 3517)

Chilomonas oblonga Pascher (ref. ID; 1618, 3517)

Descriptions

Oblong; posterior end broadly rounded. (ref. ID; 1618)

Measurements

20-50 um long. (ref. ID; 1618)

Chilomonas paramecium Ehrenberg (ref. ID; 1618, 3342, 3517)

Descriptions

Posteriorly narrowed, slightly bent 'dorsally'; saprozoic; widely distributed in stagnant water. (ref. ID; 1618)

Measurements

30-40 by 10-15 um. (ref. ID; 1618)
20-22x7-8 um. (ref. ID; 3342)