Family: Ventral body kineties run from right ventral body surface to dorsal right and anterior left surfaces; local region of thigmotactic cilia at rear of ventrum. Genus: Ellipsoid, anterior third bent to left; ventral surface flat; dorsal surface with hump; oval cytostome at anterior end; no cytopharynx; two macronuclei; one micronucleus; two contractile vacuoles (Kudo, 1966). Species:

New classification: Karyorelictea: Loxodida: Cryptopharyngidae (Illustrated Guide, 1985).

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