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Morphological Studies on Five Trachelocercids from the Yellow Sea coast of China, with a Description of Tracheloraphis huangi spec. nov. (Ciliophora, Karyorelictea)

Publication date: 15.05.2011

Acta Protozoologica, 2011, Volume 50, Issue 3, pp. 205 - 218

https://doi.org/10.4467/16890027AP.11.020.0020

Authors

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Yuan Xu
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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Anton Esaulov
Department of Hydrobiology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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Xiaofeng Lin
Laboratory of Protozoology, Key Laboratory of Ecology and Environmental Science in Guangdong Higher Education, College of Life Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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Yuri A. Mazei
Department of Zoology and Ecology, Penza VG Belinsky State Pedagogical University, Penza, Russia
Department of Hydrobiology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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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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Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid
Zoology Department, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Alan Warren
Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK
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Morphological Studies on Five Trachelocercids from the Yellow Sea coast of China, with a Description of Tracheloraphis huangi spec. nov. (Ciliophora, Karyorelictea)

Abstract

The morphology and infraciliature of five trachelocercid ciliates: Tracheloraphis huangi spec. nov., T. colubis (Kahl, 1933) comb. nov., T. phoenicopterus (Cohn, 1866) Dragesco, 1960, T. oligostriata (Raikov, 1962) Foissner and Dragesco, 1996 and Trachelocerca incaudata Kahl, 1933, isolated from the intertidal zone of a beach at Qingdao, China, were studied in live and protargol impregnated specimens. Tracheloraphis huangi spec. nov. was distinguished from its congeners mainly by its single nuclear group composed of 25–30 round macronuclei and 29–37 somatic kineties. The poorly known T. colubis is redescribed including for the first time information on its infraciliature. An improved diagnosis is also provided. In light of its infraciliature, T. colubis is transferred to Tracheloraphis from the genus Trachelocerca. Additional data on other three species is supplied based on the Qingdao populations.

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Information

Information: Acta Protozoologica, 2011, Volume 50, Issue 3, pp. 205 - 218

Article type: Original article

Authors

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

Department of Hydrobiology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

Laboratory of Protozoology, Key Laboratory of Ecology and Environmental Science in Guangdong Higher Education, College of Life Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China

Department of Zoology and Ecology, Penza VG Belinsky State Pedagogical University, Penza, Russia

Department of Hydrobiology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

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

Zoology Department, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK

Published at: 15.05.2011

Article status: Open

Licence: None

Percentage share of authors:

Yuan Xu (Author) - 14%
Anton Esaulov (Author) - 14%
Xiaofeng Lin (Author) - 14%
Yuri A. Mazei (Author) - 14%
Xiaozhong Hu (Author) - 14%
Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid (Author) - 14%
Alan Warren (Author) - 16%

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