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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Microcometes

Microcometes Cienkovsky, 1876 (ref. ID; 3693), Cienkowski (ref. ID; 1618) or Cienkowsky (ref. ID; 1923)

[ref. ID; 1618]
Body globular, enclosed within a transparent, delicate, light yellowish and pliable envelope with three to five apertures, through which long branching filopodia extend; body protoplasm occupies about one-half the space of envelope; one to two contractile vacuoles; fresh water. (ref. ID; 1618)

[ref. ID; 1923]
Shell rounded or more or less polyhedral, with 3 to 5 apertures. (ref. ID; 1923)
  1. Microcometes paludosa Cienkovsky (ref. ID; 3693), Cienkowsky (ref. ID; 1923) or Cienkowski (ref. ID; 1618)
  2. Microcometes tristripetus Entz, 1877 (ref. ID; 3693)

Microcometes paludosa Cienkovsky (ref. ID; 3693), Cienkowski (ref. ID; 1618) or Cienkowsky (ref. ID; 1923)

Descriptions

Shell irregularly hemispherical, yellowish or dark brown; apertures with a narrow neck. Nucleus single. Contractile vacuoles 3 to 6. Habitat aquatic vegetation. (ref. ID; 1923)

Measurements

About 16-17 um in diameter. (ref. ID; 1618)
Diameter 12-22 um. (ref. ID; 1923)