Phyllopharyngea: Cyrtophorida: Chlamydodontina: Chilodonellidae

Trisigmostoma cucullulus
Jankowski, 1967

Family: Anterior preoral kinetal arcs of all, body tapers at forward end.
Genus: Right ventral body kineties extend directly backward; left ventral body kineties complete (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Morphologicall similar to Chilodonella but possesses a row of bristles on the dorsal anterior surface; cytostome oval with a protrusable cytopharyngeal basket; many contractile vacuoles (Carey, 1992).


Trisigmostoma, x 400, x 640, Uruguay Nov. 1999, photo by Yuuji Tsukii


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