SUCTORIA 709 



Family 7 Ephelotidae Sand 



Genus Ephelota Wright. Without lorica; stalk stout, often 

 striated; suctorial and prehensile tentacles distributed; macronu- 

 cleus usually elongate, curved; on hydroids, bryozoans, algae, etc.; 

 salt water. Numerous species. 



E. gemmipara Hertwig (Fig. 334, d). About 250/i by 220/x; stalk up 

 to 1.5 mm. long; on hydroids, bryozoans, etc. 



E. coronata Kent (Fig. 334, e). Flattened; 90-200^ long; stalk lon- 

 gitudinally striated (Kent); on hydroids, bryozoans, algae, etc. 



E. plana Wailes (Fig. 334,/). 150-320)i^ by lOO-lSO/x; stalk 100^-1 

 mm. long; on bryozoans; Vancouver, 



Genus Podocyathus Kent. It differs from Ephelota in having a con- 

 spicuous lorica; salt water. One species. 



P. diadema K. (Fig. 334, g). Lorica about 42At long; on bryozoans, 

 hydrozoans, etc. 



References 



Collin, B. 1912 Etudes monographique sur les Acinetiens. Arch, 

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Davis, H. S. 1942 A suctorian parasite of the small mouth black 

 bass, with remarks on other suctorian parasites of fishes. Trans. 

 Amer. Micr. Soc, Vol. 61. 



Goodrich, J. P. and T. L. Jahn 1943 Epizoic Suctoria (Protozoa) 

 from turtles. Trans. Amer. Micr. Soc, Vol. 62. 



Kahl, a. 1934 Suctoria. Grimpe's Die Tierwelt der Nord- und Ost- 

 see. Part 26. Leipzig. 



Kent, S. 1881-1882 A manual of the Infusoria. Vol. 2. 



Wailes, G. H. 1928 Dinoflagellates and Protozoa from British Co- 

 lumbia. Vancouver Museum Notes, Vol. 3. 



