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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Pteridomonas

Pteridomonas Penard (ref. ID; 1618)

Straminopiles: Pedinellales Zimmermann et al., 1984 (= Ciliophryida Febvre-Chevalier, 1985) (ref. ID; 5772)

[ref. ID; 1618]
Small, heart-shaped; usually attached with a long cytoplasmic process; from opposite pole there arises a single flagellum, around which occurs a ring of extremely fine filopods; nucleus central; a contractile vacuole; holozoic; fresh water. (ref. ID; 1618)
  1. Pteridomonas danica Patterson & Fenchel, 1985 (ref. ID; 5772)
  2. Pteridomonas pulex Penard, 1890 (ref. ID; 4921) reported year? (ref. ID; 1618)

Pteridomonas pulex Penard, 1890 (ref. ID; 4921) reported year? (ref. ID; 1618)

Measurements

6-12 um broad. (ref. ID; 1618)