Spironemidae
| Spironemidae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Protista |
| Phylum: | Hemimastigophora |
| Class: | Hemimastigea |
| Order: | Hemimastigida |
| Family: | Spironemidae Doflein, 1916 |
| Genera | |
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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]
- Spironema multiciliatum Klebs, 1893
- Spironema terricola Foissner & Foissner, 1993
- Spironema goodeyi Foissner & Foissner, 1993
- Stereonema geiseri Foissner & Foissner, 1993
- Hemimastix amphikineta Foissner, Blatterer & Foissner, 1988
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.