Spironemidae

Spironemidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Protista
Phylum: Hemimastigophora
Class: Hemimastigea
Order: Hemimastigida
Family: Spironemidae
Doflein, 1916
Genera
  • Hemimastix Foissner, Blatterer & Foissner, 1988
  • Spironema Klebs, 1893
  • Stereonema Foissner & Foissner, 1993

Spironemidae is a family of heterotrophic flagellates. They vary in size and shape from the ellipsoid Hemimastix amphikineta (14 × 7 μm) to the vermiform Spironema terricola (43 × 3 μm), and are united by the possession of two rows of cilia, called kineties.[1] The following species are included:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Ilse Foissner & Wilhelm Foissner (1993). "Revision of the family Spironemidae Doflein (Protista, Hemimastigophora), with description of two new species, Spironema terricola n. sp. and Stereonema geiseri n. g., n. sp.". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 40 (4): 422–438. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1993.tb04936.x.