15] STUDIES ON GREGARINESKAMM 15 



Family 11. Dactylophoridae Lger 1892:165. Sporonts solitary, epimerites 

 highly complex, asymmetric, digitate. Cyst dehiscence 

 by pseudocyst, spores elongate-cylindrical. Parasites in 

 Chilopods. 



Genus 53. Echinomera Labbe" 1899:16. Epimerite an eccentric cone with 

 eight or more short upwardly-directed digitiform processes, 

 persistent. Cyst dehiscence by simple rupture, spores 

 cylindrical, extruded in chains. 

 Type: Echinomera hispida (Schn.) Labbe\ 



Genus 54. Rhopalonia Leger 1893 : 1285. Epimerite a subspherical cushion 

 with ten or more short thick outwardly directed digits. 

 Pseudocyst. Spores cylindrical. 

 Type: Rhopalonia geopkili Leger. 



Genus 55. Trichorhynchus Schneider 1882:438. Protomerite with long 

 slender neck dilated at end in an eccentric cone. Cyst- 

 dehiscence by pseudocyst, spores cylindrical to ellipsoidal. 

 Type: Trichorhynchus pulcher Schn. 



Genus 56. Seticephalus Kamm 1922. Epimerite a dense tuft of short 

 upwardly-directed brush-like bristles on top of the broad 

 flat protomerite. 



Type: Seticephalus elegans (Pinto) Kamm. 



Genus 57. Dactylophorus Balbiani 1889:41. Protomerite dilated laterally 

 at the top and set with peripheral digitiform processes. 

 Cyst dehiscence by pseudocyst, spores cylindrical. 

 Type: Dactylophorus robustus Leger. 



Genus 58. Nina Grebnecki 1873: ? Protomerite two long lobes fused at 

 one end, set peripherally with teeth and long filaments. 

 Cyst dehiscence by pseudocyst. Spores long-ovoidal, in 

 chains obliquely. 

 Type: Nina gracilis Grebnecki. 



Genus 59. Acutispora Crawley 1903:632. Epimerite not described. 

 Spores long, ellipsoidal with a lengthwise-directed rod at 

 each end. Cyst dehiscence by pseudocyst. 

 Type: Acutispora macrocephala Crawl. 



GENERA OF UNCERTAIN POSITION 



Genus 60. Metamera Duke 1910:261. Epimerite an eccentric cone set 

 peripherally with numerous branched digitiform processes. 

 Cyst dehiscence by simple rupture. Spores obese biconical. 

 Type: M etamera schubergi Duke. 



Genus 61. Agrippina Strickland 1912:108. Sporonts solitary, epimerite 

 a circular disc armed with peripheral digitiform processes, 

 on a short neck. Spores long ovoidal. 

 Type: Agrippina bona Strick. 



Genus 62. Ganymedes Huxley 1910:155. Sporonts associative. A 

 motile stalked sphere at anterior end, cup at posterior end. 

 No septum, no true epimerite. Cysts spherical. Ali- 

 mentary tract of Crustacea. 

 Type: Ganymedes anaspidis Hux. 

 Genus 63. Nematoides Mingazzini 1891:233. Dicystid, no septum in 



sporonts. Epimerite forked, at apex of a long neck. 

 Type: Nematoides fusiformis Ming. 



