Familia Didiniidae

Poche, 1913

Cytostome apical; cytopharynx eversible in some species, equipped with multiple kinds of toxicysts; ciliation reduced to one or more circumferential ciliary wreaths on rotund body; "sensory bristles" (dorsal brush) usually clearly recognizable.

Planctonic species recorded:

Didinium gargantua
Monodinium balbianii

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