Paramesanophrys, Pan & Fan & Gao & Chen, 2016

Pan, Xuming, Fan, Xinpeng, Gao, Shan & Chen, Ying, 2016, Taxonomy and morphology of four “ ophrys-related ” scuticociliates (Protista, Ciliophora, Scuticociliatia), with the description of a new genus, Paramesanophrys gen. nov., European Journal of Taxonomy 191, pp. 1-18 : 4

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2016.191
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3852230
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03812658-FFFF-6E6F-FDC5-2A74FEDEFB82
treatment provided by	Valdenar
scientific name	Paramesanophrys
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

Genus Paramesanophrys gen. nov.

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Diagnosis

Orchitophryidae with cytostome above mid-body; buccal apparatus consisting of three Parauronema - like membranelles; PM with zigzag structure, extending anteriorly to posterior end of M3; M1 composed of two rows of kinetids; scutica comprising basal body pairs arranged in a line parallel to somatic kineties; single caudal cilium.

Type species

Paramesanophrys typica gen. et sp. nov.

Etymology

The generic epithet, Paramesanophrys , refers to the similarity of the oral apparatus to that of the genus Mesanophrys .