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Authority
Petz, Song & Wilbert (1995: 119, fig. 36)
Class
Spirotrichea
Order
Strombidiida
Family
Strombidiidae
Additional References
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Basionym
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Synonyms
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Description
In vivo 35–45 × 30–33 µm. Body obconical to ellipsoidal, with a distinct protrusion on anterior right. Equatorial kinety usually slightly spiralling and discontinuous ventrally. Ventral kinety extending from posterior portion almost to equatorial kinety. Anterior adoral membranelles 16–22, continuous with 8–10 ventral membranelles. Indistinct girdle of 6–9 µm long extrusomes usually equatorial. Subpellicular platelet layer in posterior half of cell. Macronucleus 1; micronucleus 1. Movement: fast, spirally to and fro.
Distribution
Weddell Sea (Petz et al., 1995).
Comments
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