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Spirotrichea: Oligotrichia: Oligotrichida: Halteriidae

Halteria sp.
Dujardin, 1841

Family & Genus: Circumferential paratene (cirrus-like "bristles") usually polykinetid; body small, rounded (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Genus: Spherical or broadly fusiform; anterior border bears conspicuous adoral zone (Kudo, 1966). Body circular or globular; AZM is composed of two sets membranelles; longer set emerges from the buccal cavity and wind around the apex of the cell; long, stiff cilia present equatorially; saltatorial locomotion quite common (Carey, 1992).


Halteria sp., x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640, Japan, 1998 by Y. Tsukii


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