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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Urceolus

Urceolus Mereschkowsky, 1877 (ref. ID; 4950) or 1879 (ref. ID; 4921) reported year? (ref. ID; 1618)

Synonym Phialonema Stein (ref. ID; 1618); Urceolopsis Stokes, 1887 (ref. ID; 4950)

[ref. ID; 1618]
Body colorless; plastic; flask-shaped; striated; a funnel-like neck; posterior region stout; a single flagellum protrudes from funnel and reaches inward the posterior third of body; fresh or salt water. (ref. ID; 1618)
  1. Urceolus alenizini Mereschkowsky (ref. ID; 4950)
  2. Urceolus costatus Lemmermann (ref. ID; 4950)
  3. Urceolus cyclostomus (Stein) (ref. ID; 1618) or (Stein) Mereschkowsky (ref. ID; 3517, 4950)
    Syn; Phialonema cyclostomum Stein (ref. ID; 4950)
  4. Urceolus cyrusorum Z. Cyrus & Sladecek, 1973 (ref. ID; 3517 original paper)
  5. Urceolus gobii Skvortzow (ref. ID; 4950)
  6. Urceolus macromastix Skuja (ref. ID; 4950)
  7. Urceolus ovatus Roskin (ref. ID; 4950)
  8. Urceolus platyrhynchus Skuja (ref. ID; 4950)
  9. Urceolus pascheri Skvortzow (ref. ID; 4950)
  10. Urceolus sabalosus Stokes (ref. ID; 2240)
  11. Urceolus sabulosus (Stokes) (ref. ID; 1618, 4950)
    Syn; Urceolopsis sabulosa Stokes (ref. ID; 4950)

Urceolus cyclostomus (Stein) (ref. ID; 1618) or (Stein) Mereschkowsky (ref. ID; 3517, 4950)

Synonym

Phialonema cyclostomum Stein (ref. ID; 4950)

Descriptions

In fresh water. (ref. ID; 1618)

Measurements

25-50 um long. (ref. ID; 1618)

Urceolus sabulosus (Stokes) (ref. ID; 1618, 4950)

Synonym

Urceolopsis sabulosa Stokes (ref. ID; 4950)

Descriptions

Spindle-form; covered with minute sand-grains; fresh water. (ref. ID; 1618)

Measurements

About 58 um long. (ref. ID; 1618)