Numbering of somatic kineties

Numbering of somatic kineties

Taxonomic markers

ciliate

Definition

The numbering commences with the ventral kinety or, when this ciliary row is absent, with the leftmost kinety of the right ciliary field and continues in clockwise direction when the cell is viewed from anterior (Chatton et al. 1931). Despite the fact that this numbering opposes that in the closely related suborder Strobilidiina (order Choreotrichida;Deroux 1974), it is maintained here to avoid confusion. Agatha and Riedel-Lorjé (2006)