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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Pareuglypha

Pareuglypha Penard, 1902 (ref. ID; 3693 original paper)

[ref. ID; 1923]
Aperture terminal, in oral view circular or oval. With a short or long tail composed of scales. Shell ovoid, elliptical, or pyriform. (ref. ID; 1923)
  1. Pareuglypha reticulata Penard, 1902 (ref. ID; 3693 original paper) reported year? (ref. ID; 1923, 2240)

Pareuglypha reticulata Penard, 1902 (ref. ID; 3693 original paper) reported year? (ref. ID; 1923, 2240)

Descriptions

Very variable in outline. Transverse section circular, aperture circular bordered by a chitinoid laciniated short collar; scales generally circular, sometimes elliptic, variable is size, becoming smaller near the tail. Nucleus single, contractile vacuoles 1, 2, or more. Habitat aquatic vegetation and submerged mosses. (ref. ID; 1923)

Measurements

Length 55-70 um. (ref. ID; 1923)