[Apiosome organization and their systematic position].
The ability of apiosomes for the formation of non-contractile stems (such as epistylids) and colonies suggests to refer them to the family Epistylidae rather than to Scyphididae. On the other hand, the atrophy of the stem in the majority of the species, changes in the structure of the foot, in the form and position of the nuclei under the effect of parasitism on fishes suggest their separation into a distinct subfamily, Apiosomatinae subfam. n.
D000818:Animals; D016798:Ciliophora / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology; D005399:Fishes / Q000469:parasitology
Nekotorye osobennosti organizatsii apiozom i ikh sistematicheskoe polozhenie