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Systematic Analyses of the Genus Architricha and Pleurotricha curdsi (Ciliophora, Oxytrichidae), with Redescriptions of Their Morphology

Publication date: 13.07.2015

Acta Protozoologica, 2015, Volume 54, Issue 3, pp. 183 - 193

https://doi.org/10.4467/16890027AP.15.015.3212

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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Lifang LI
Marine College, Shandong University at Weihai, Weihai, 264209, China
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Xinpeng Fan
Laboratory of Protozoology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Healthy and Safe Aquaculture, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China; Laboratory of Protozoology, Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China;
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Hongbo Pan
Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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Fukang Gu
School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, 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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Systematic Analyses of the Genus Architricha and Pleurotricha curdsi (Ciliophora, Oxytrichidae), with Redescriptions of Their Morphology

Abstract

Two oxytrichids Architricha indica Gupta et al., 2006 and Pleurotricha curdsi (Shi et al. 2002) Gupta et al., 2003 collected in East China, were studied using live observation and the silver staining method. The description and morphometric characterization of the new populations were supplied. The Shanghai population of A. indica differs from the Indian population in the number of cirri in the third right marginal row (average of 16.8 vs. 21.1). The Shanghai population of P. curdsicorresponds well with the Indian population, but it differs from the other Chinese population in the number of right marginal rows (two vs. three). The early process of reorganization of A. indica was studied, and a difference on the formation of anlage V was found compared to the original report. The small subunit rRNA genes of both species were sequenced for the first time. The phylogenetic analyses based on SSU rRNA gene sequence data revealed that Architricha is sister to the assemblage of Pseudouroleptus caudatus and two Strongylidium, while P. curdsi clusters with its congener P. lanceolata and is located in Stylonychinae.

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Information: Acta Protozoologica, 2015, Volume 54, Issue 3, pp. 183 - 193

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

Marine College, Shandong University at Weihai, Weihai, 264209, China

Laboratory of Protozoology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Healthy and Safe Aquaculture, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China; Laboratory of Protozoology, Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China;

Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China

School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China

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

Published at: 13.07.2015

Article status: Open

Licence: None

Percentage share of authors:

Yuan Xu (Author) - 16%
Lifang LI (Author) - 16%
Xinpeng Fan (Author) - 16%
Hongbo Pan (Author) - 16%
Fukang Gu (Author) - 16%
Saleh A. Al-Farraj (Author) - 20%

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