image_list image_listE

Phyllopharyngea: Suctoria: Exogenida: Urnulidae

Metacineta
Bütschli 1889

Family: Tentacles, thick only at tips; in vase-like lorica; tentacles extend through 1 or more slits (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Genus: Many thin captate tentacles protrude through 5-8 stellately arranged distal slits of lorica (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
->> Description at WPRNO Google Image Search
Metacineta mystacina
M. mystacina
cell 40 x 46 μm
Yokonuma
Sakado
Saitama, 2004
Metacineta
M. mystacina
cell 24 x 21 μm
lorica 67 x 39 μm
Japan, 1999
Metacineta mystacina
M. mystacina
cell 40 μm
Hanasaki water p.
Kazo
Saitama, 2005
Metacineta
M. mystacina
μm
Naka-gawa k.p.
NasuShiobara
Tochigi, 2008
Metacineta
Metacineta sp.1
cell 36 x 40 μm
lorica 48 μm
Higashi-hiroshima
Hiroshima, 1998

Please click on species name for more images.
Metacineta
Copyright Protist Information Server