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Family GLAUCOMIDAE Corliss, 1971
Syns. Frontoniidae p.p.,
Tetrahymenidae p.p.

Body ovoid to ellipsoidal; buccal cavity large; infraciliary base of second or third membranelle much wider (in rows of kinetosomes) than others; 5-10 postoral kineties, rightmost one stomatogenic; no caudal cilia; all species free-living, generally microphagous; fresh-water, occasionally edaphic, habitats.

Chasmatostoma Engelmann, 1862.
Single species.
Dichilum Schewiakoff, 1889.
Few species.
Epenardia Corliss, 1971.
Single species.
Espejoia Bürger, 1908.
Single species.
Glaucoma Ehrenberg, 1830
(syn. Dallasia).
Several species.


Glaucomella Groliére, 1977
(syn. Glaucoma p.p.).
Single species.
Monochilum Schewiakoff, 1893.
Few species.
Physalophrya Kahl, 1931.
Few species.
Pseudoglaucoma Kahl, 1931.
Single (perhaps two?) moss species.
[Kahl's lone marine species, given a new
generic name in this book, is placed in an
incertae sedis position within the order
Scuticociliatida, suborder Philasterina.
But the moss form, P. muscorum, is here
designated the type-species and thus
retains the original generic name.]
Incertae sedis:
Dexiotrichides Kahl, 1951;
single species.
Discozoon Vuxanovici, 1960;
single species.
Pinchatia Shibuya, 1931;
single species.
Pleurochilidium Stein, 1860:
single species.