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Small Free-Living Heterotrophic Flagellates from Marine Intertidal Sediments of the Sydney Region, Australia

Publication date: 30.12.2019

Acta Protozoologica, 2019, Volume 58, Issue 4, pp. 167 - 189

https://doi.org/10.4467/16890027AP.19.016.12018

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Won Je Lee
Department of Environment and Energy Engineering, Kyungnam University, Changwon, Korea
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Small Free-Living Heterotrophic Flagellates from Marine Intertidal Sediments of the Sydney Region, Australia

Abstract

A total of 155 species and 75 genera were found at marine sediments in Sydney region (Australia) and are described using light microscopy: 117 species at Port Botany, 111 species at Kogarah Bay, 94 species at Woolooware Bay, 126 species at Quibray Bay, 74 species at Avoca beach, 48 species at Watsons Bay. The records include accounts of 15 unidentified taxa and two new taxa: Eoramonas jungensis sp. nov. (Eoramonas gen. nov.), Protaspa flexibilis sp. nov. Most flagellates described here have been found at other locations worldwide, but many species not reported from any other locations. I am unable to assess if these species are endemic because of the lack of intensive studies elsewhere. However, these results suggest that the flagellate communities from Botany Bay are distinctive.

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Department of Environment and Energy Engineering, Kyungnam University, Changwon, Korea

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