Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole: Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 — John Shaqi
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole: Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901Calkins, Gary N. (Gary Nathan)
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Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole: Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901
Calkins, Gary N. (Gary Nathan)
Protozoa -- Massachusetts -- Woods Hole; United States Fisheries Biological Station at Woods Hole, Massachusetts
KEY TO MARINE QENERA OF CHOANOFLAGELLIDA.
1. Without gelatinous 3
or membranous test
2. With gelatinous 4
or membranous test
3. a. Attached forms:
1. Without a stalk, or with Genus *_Monosiga_
a very short one
2. With a long, simple, stalk Genus *_Codonosiga_
3. With a long, branched, stalk Genus _Codonocladium_
b. Free-swimming Genus _Desmarella_
4. Colonial, and with a gelatinous Genus _Proterospongia_
covering
* Presence at Woods Hole indicated by asterisk.
KEY TO FAMILIES AND MARINE GENERA OF HETEROMASTIGIDA.
1. Two flagella nearly equal in size Family _Bodonidæ_
One main and 2 accessory flagella Family _Trimastigidæ_
Family _Bodonidæ_:
1. Body very plastic, Genus *_Bodo_
almost amoeboid
Body not plastic; with large Genus *_Oxyrrhis_
anterior cavity, holding flagella
Family _Trimastigidæ_:
1. With an undulatory membrane Genus _Trimastix_
between accessory flagella
Without such membrane; flagella Genus _Costia_
contained in a ventral groove
while at rest
* Presence at Woods Hole indicated by asterisk.
KEY TO MARINE GENERA OF POLYMASTIGIDA.
1. Body flattened; ends rounded; Genus _Trepomonas_
sides hollowed; often with
wing-like processes; cross
section S-shaped
2. Body pyriform; one large Genus _Tetramitus_
asymmetrical groove; 4 flagella
3. Body spherical; many flagella Genus _Multicilia_
equally distributed
KEY TO FAMILIES AND MARINE GENERA OF EUGLENIDA.
1. With deeply-insunk pharynx; 2
no mouth
With pharynx and distinct mouth Family _Peranemidæ_
2. Body plastic; usually with Family _Euglenidæ_
chromatophores and eye-spot
Body plastic; no chromatophores; Family _Astastidæ_
no eye-spot
Family _Euglenidæ_:
Body _Euglena_-like, inclosed Genus _Trachelomonas_
in shell with round opening for
exit of flagellum
Family _Astastidæ_:
Body with one flagellum Genus *_Astasia_
Family _Peranemidæ_:
1. Body striped; plastic; Genus _Heteronema_
two diverse flagella
2. Body striped; not plastic; Genus *_Anisonema_
posterior flagellum longer
than the other
3. Body striped; not plastic; Genus _Entosiphon_
with rod-like organ in pharynx
* Presence at Woods Hole indicated by asterisk.
Genus MASTIGAMOEBA F. E. Schultze '75.
(Kent '81; Bütschli '86; Klebs '92; Senn 1900.)
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