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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Marsupiogaster

Marsupiogaster Schewiakoff, 1893 (ref. ID; 4950)

[ref. ID; 1618]
Oval; flattened; asymmetrical; cytostome occupies entire anterior end; cytopharynx conspicuous, one-half body length; body longitudinally striated; two flagella, one directed anteriorly, the other posteriorly; spherical nucleus; contractile vacuole anterior; fresh or salt water. (ref. ID; 1618)
  1. Marsupiogaster eurystoma Drez. (ref. ID; 4950)
  2. Marsupiogaster picta Faria, da Cunha & Pinto (ref. ID; 1618)
  3. Marsupiogaster striata Schewiakoff (ref. ID; 1618, 4950)

Marsupiogaster picta Faria, da Cunha & Pinto (ref. ID; 1618)

Descriptions

In salt water. (ref. ID; 1618)

Marsupiogaster striata Schewiakoff (ref. ID; 1618, 4950)

Descriptions

In fresh water. (ref. ID; 1618)

Measurements

About 27 by 15 um. (ref. ID; 1618)