Pseudocyrtohymenides nov. gen.

Diagnosis: Oxytrichidae with undulating membranes in Australocirrus – Cyrtohymena pattern; body flexible, colorless cytoplasm; cortical granules present; non-fragmented dorsal kinety 3 and one or more dorsomarginal kineties ( Urosomoida pattern); caudal cirri lacking.

Type species: Pseudocyrtohymenides lacunae nov. spec.

Etymology: Composite of the generic name Pseudocyrtohymena and the Greek suffix - ides (similar), meaning a ciliate similar to Pseudocyrtohymena; masculine gender.