“…Previous studies on the peritrich myoneme system have been carried out on a variety of taxa, including: Opisthonecta spp., Carchesium polypinum, Epicarchesium granulatum, Epistylis plicatilis, Heteropolaria colisarum, Vorticella spp., Hastatella spp., and Astylozoon spp. (Wang, 1950;Bradbury, 1965;Zagon, 1970;Foissner, 1977;Foissner and Schubert, 1977;Fernandez-Leborans, 1982;Sola et al, 1985;Guinea and Fernandez-Galiano, 1987;Guinea et al, 1988;Fernandez-Galiano and Carrascosa, 1989;Foissner et al, 1992;Leitner and Foissner, 1997). and is now routinely included in studies of peritrich morphology (Foissner et al, 1992, and references therein).…”