Litostomatea: Haptoria: Haptorida: Enchelyidae

Enchelyodon
Claparède and Lachmann, 1859

Enchelyodon Genus: Ovoid or cylindrical in shape; anterior rounded or drawn out into an elongate snout; cytostome apical; dorsal brush present, formed by paired kinetosomes (Carey, 1992). Oral region truncated with flat membranous region forward of oral dikinetids (Illustrated Guide, 1985).


Enchelyodon, x 400, x 640, Aug. 7-13 1999, Vermont-Maine U.S.A., by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640



Please click on images for viewing enlarged.
Copyright 1995-2008 Protist Information Server