Spironematellidae

Spironematellidae
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]

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

^ ^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.

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[Foissner-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.

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