Spirotrichea: Hypotrichia: Euplotida: Euplotina: Aspidiscidae

Aspidisca
Ehrenberg, 1830

Genus: Ovoid, firm; dorsal side convex, ventral side flattened; dorsal surface ridged; adoral zone reduced or rudimentary; macronucleus U-shaped or in two rounded parts (Kudo, 1966). No mariginal or caudal cirri; common genus (Carey, 1992).


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