Euplotes

Spirotrichea: Hypotrichia: Euplotida: Euplotidae

Euplotes
Ehrenberg, 1830 (1831?)





Genus: Body ovoid, inflexible; ventral surface flattened, dorsal surface convex; peristome broadly triangular (Kudo, 1966). Cell body is ovoid, dorsoventrally flattened; dorsal surface may be equipped with some ornamentation; three groups of cirri (frontoventral, transverse & caudal); macronucleus C-shaped, "3"-shaped, or horsehoe-shaped (Carey, 1992).


Euplotes, 75 μm long, 59 μm wide, peristome over 1/2 of the body length, 5 transverse cirri, ventrally ridged, x 400, x 640, Uruguay Nov. 1999, photo by Y. Tsukii
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Euplotes, x 400, x 640, Uruguay Nov. 1999, photo by Yuuji Tsukii

E. aspheronicus Agamaliev, 1966: Cell body ellipsoid, not ornamented, 60 μm long; peristome 1/2 of the body length; 9 frontoventral, 5 transverse, 4 caudal cirri; macronucleus C-shaped (Carey, 1992).

E. zenkewitchi Burkovsky, 1970: Cell body elongate rather than ovoid, not ornamented, 80 μm long; peristome narrow, 1/2 of the body length; 9 frontoventral, 5 transverse, 3 or 4 caudal cirri; macronucleus C-shaped (Carey, 1992).

E. cristatus Kahl, 1930-5: Cell body small and ovoid, dorsally six prominent ridges, 60 μm long; peristome narrow, 1/2 of the body length; 10 frontoventral, 5 transverse, 4 caudal cirri; macronucleus C-shaped (Carey, 1992).


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