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A Morphogenetic Description of Thigmokeronopsis stoecki Shao et al., 2008 (Ciliophora, Hypotricha) and a Comparison with Members of the Family Pseudokeronopsidae

Publication date: 18.06.2013

Acta Protozoologica, 2013, Volume 52, Issue 2, pp. 65 - 72

https://doi.org/10.4467/16890027AP.13.007.1086

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Xumiao Chen
Laboratory of Protozoology, Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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Liqiong Li
Laboratory of Protozoology, KLM, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
School of Ocean, Yantai University, Yantai, China
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Xiaozhong Hu
Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
Laboratory of Protozoology, Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China; Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK
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Chen Shao
The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering, Ministry of Education, Department of Biology and Engineering, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
Laboratory of Protozoology, Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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Saleh A. Al-Farraj
Laboratory of Protozoology, Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid
Zoology Department, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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A Morphogenetic Description of Thigmokeronopsis stoecki Shao et al., 2008 (Ciliophora, Hypotricha) and a Comparison with Members of the Family Pseudokeronopsidae

Abstract

The urostylid family Pseudokeronopsidae Borror and Wicklow, 1983 was considered to be a well-outlined taxon. Nevertheless, recent evidence, including morphological, ontogenetic, and molecular information, has consistently revealed the polyphyly of this family. In the present work, a new population of Thigmokeronopsis stoecki Shao et al., 2008 was found and its binary divisional process was described for the first time. In addition, the morphogenetic features of Thigmokeronopsis species and all the other pseudokeronopsids, for which detailed ontogenetic data are available, were rechecked and compared. This reveals that: (1) the ontogenetic process of T. stoecki corresponds well with its congeners T. jahodai and T. rubra except for the macronuclear behavior; (2) Apokeronopsis and Thigmokeronopsis share a similar ontogenetic mode despite of the differences in the number and origin of their buccal cirri; (3) most pseudokeronopsids share the same pattern in the origins of their oral primordia and fronto-ventral-transverse cirral anlagen, except for Pseudokeronopsis similis, which may not be a valid member of the family Pseudokeronopsidae.
 

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Information: Acta Protozoologica, 2013, Volume 52, Issue 2, pp. 65 - 72

Article type: Original article

Authors

Laboratory of Protozoology, Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China

Laboratory of Protozoology, KLM, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China

School of Ocean, Yantai University, Yantai, China

Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China

Laboratory of Protozoology, Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China; Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK

The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering, Ministry of Education, Department of Biology and Engineering, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China

Laboratory of Protozoology, Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China

Laboratory of Protozoology, Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China

Zoology Department, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Published at: 18.06.2013

Article status: Open

Licence: None

Percentage share of authors:

Xumiao Chen (Author) - 16%
Liqiong Li (Author) - 16%
Xiaozhong Hu (Author) - 16%
Chen Shao (Author) - 16%
Saleh A. Al-Farraj (Author) - 16%
Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid (Author) - 20%

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