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Morphological Redescriptions of Aspidisca magna Kahl, 1932 and A. leptaspis Fresenius, 1865 (Ciliophora, Euplotida), with Notes on Ontogenesis in A. magna

Publication date: 1970

Acta Protozoologica, 2010, Volume 49, Issue 4, pp. 327 - 337

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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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Qianqian Zhang
Laboratory of Protozoology, KLM, 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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Choon Bong Kwon
Ulsan University, Department of Biological Science, Ulsan, South Korea
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Mann Kyoon Shin
Ulsan University, Department of Biological Science, Ulsan, South Korea
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Morphological Redescriptions of Aspidisca magna Kahl, 1932 and A. leptaspis Fresenius, 1865 (Ciliophora, Euplotida), with Notes on Ontogenesis in A. magna

Abstract

The largest known Aspidisca species, A. magna Kahl, 1932, was found from coastal waters near Qingdao (Tsingtao), northern China, and investigated using both the “wet” silver nitrate and protargol staining method. Based on the living observation and impregnated individuals, improved diagnosis and morphometric data are provided. As an additional contribution, the morphogenesis in Aspidisca magna during binary fission was revealed and summarized as follows: 1) the parental adoral zone of membranelles and paroral membranęare retained by the proter; 2) the oral primordium of the opisthe develops hypoapokinetally behind the posterior part of the adoral zone of membranelles; 3) five frontoventral-transverse cirral anlagen are formed de novo, initially as primary primordia, and develop into 3:3:2:2:1 cirri from left to right, respectively in both dividers; 4) the leftmost frontoventral cirrus is generated from an independently formed cirral anlage in both dividers. In the present work, Chinese and Korean populations of A. leptaspis Fresenius, 1865 were investigated respectively to support the importance of living characteristics in identification of Aspidisca species. The isolation of Amagna and Aleptaspis from other congeners are also firmly demonstrated by the SSU rRNA gene sequence alignments.

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Information: Acta Protozoologica, 2010, Volume 49, Issue 4, pp. 327 - 337

Article type: Original article

Authors

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

School of Ocean, Yantai University, Yantai, China

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

Zoology Department, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ulsan University, Department of Biological Science, Ulsan, South Korea

Ulsan University, Department of Biological Science, Ulsan, South Korea

Published at: 1970

Received at: 07.06.2010

Accepted at: 22.08.2010

Article status: Open

Licence: None

Percentage share of authors:

Liqiong Li (Author) - 20%
Qianqian Zhang (Author) - 20%
Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid (Author) - 20%
Choon Bong Kwon (Author) - 20%
Mann Kyoon Shin (Author) - 20%

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