Description of Paranophrys
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Philasterine scuticociliates, oral polykinetid 2 about same length as oral polykinetid 1; anterior part of paroral a linear file of dikinetids, extending to anterior end of oral polykinetid 2; oral polykinetid 1 elongate, often triangular; scuticus as two groups of kinetosomes.