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Family:
Proalidae Harring & Myers, 1924 		Original spelling:
Proalinae 		Valid Name:
Parent taxa:        Order / Superorder / Subclass / Class
Ploima / Pseudotrocha / Monogononta / Eurotatoria 		Rank:
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Type genus:
Proales Gosse, 1886
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available 		Diagnosis:
Amended diagnosis after De Smet (1996) [Ref.15471]: "Illoricate, rarely semiloricate. Body swollen, fusiform or vermiform. Head, trunk and foot usually clearly defined. Corona simple, mostly supraoral, made up of the oblique buccal field and the lateral parts of the circumapical band. The trophi are malleate, virgate or a modification of one of these types. A hypopharyngeal muscle inserts on the floor of the mastax cavity and serves a pumping function. Eyespot(s) usually on brain, rarely frontal, lateral or absent."
Original reference:
Harring, H K;F J Myers 1924:  Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters / 21 / 415-549, pl.41-63
Page:
p.422 		Latest Revision:
De Smet, W H 1996:  Guides to the identification of the microinvertebrates of the continental waters of the world / 9 / 102