PLAGIOPYLIDAE SCHEWIAKOFF, 1896
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PLAGIOPYLIDAE SCHEWIAKOFF, 1896 |
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FAMILY PLAGIOPYLIDAE SCHEWIAKOFF, 1896 View in CoL View at ENA
Diagnosis: Ovoid body shape, dorso-ventrally compressed; deep oral cavity, opening on ventral side with a more internal tubular part, preceding the cytostome ( Fig. 17); dense somatic ciliature; striated band on dorsal surface, arising near right margin of oral cavity; usually one macronucleus (except for Plagiopyla binucleata ); extrusomes inserted in body cortex.
G e n e r a a s s i g n e d: P l a g i o p y l a (t y p e g e n u s); Pseudoplagiopyla .
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