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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Cyathomonas

Cyathomonas Fromentel, 1874 (ref. ID; 4656)

[ref. ID; 1618]
Body small, somewhat oval; without chromatophores; much compressed; anterior end obliquely truncate; with 2 equal or subequal anterior flagella; colorless; nucleus central; anabolic products, stained red or reddish violet by iodine; contractile vacuole usually anterior; a row of retractile granules, protrichocysts, close and parallel to anterior margin of body; asexual reproduction by longitudinal fission; holozoic; in stagnant water and infusion. One species. (ref. ID; 1618)

[ref. ID; 5694]
Free-living heterotrophic flagellates. (ref. ID; 5694)
  1. Cyathomonas truncata (ref. ID; 2659)
  2. Cyathomonas truncata Ehrenberg (ref. ID; 1618, 3342)
  3. Cyathomonas truncata (Fresenius) Fisch, 1885 (ref. ID; 4656)
  4. Cyathomonas truncata (E. Fres.) Fromentel (ref. ID; 3517)

Cyathomonas truncata Ehrenberg (ref. ID; 1618, 3342)

Measurements

15-25 by 10-15 um. (ref. ID; 1618)
13x6.8 um. (ref. ID; 3342)