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Family MYLESTOMATIDAE Kahl in Doflein & Reichenow; 1929
Syns. Atopodinüdae,
Mylestomidae

Body discoidal, with very sparse somatic ciliation; posterior end either rounded or with four spines (spineless forms have pair of conspicuous cirri there); macronucleus single; like preceding groups, predominantly in polysaprobic fresh-water habitats (but a few Mylestoma are marine).

Atopodinium Kahl, 1932.
Single species.
Mylestoma Kahl, 1928.
Several species.