Ventral organelles

Ventral organelles

Taxonomic markers

ciliate

Definition

The ventral organelles comprise a transverse (V1) and an oblique (V2) organelle, i.e., two short dikinetidal kineties posterior to the ventral collar membranelles. The term was introduced by Foissner and Wilbert (1979). Agatha and Riedel-Lorjé (2006)