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Taxonomic Studies on Three Marine Ciliates from China, Including a New Species (Ciliophora, Cyrtophorida)

Publication date: 22.04.2013

Acta Protozoologica, 2013, Volume 52, Issue 1, pp. 25 - 33

https://doi.org/10.4467/16890027AP.13.003.0831

Authors

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Hongbo Pan
Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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Honggang Ma
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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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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Saleh A. Al-Farraj
Laboratory of Protozoology, Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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Taxonomic Studies on Three Marine Ciliates from China, Including a New Species (Ciliophora, Cyrtophorida)

Abstract

The present work investigates the living morphology and infraciliature of three marine cyrtophorid ciliates, which were isolated from Qingdao, China. Compared with its congeners, Orthotrochilia sinica spec. nov. can be distinguished by a combination of features: body slender and elliptical in outline, size about 50–60 × 20–25 μm in vivo, 18–21 somatic kineties, the length of the left perioral kinety treble the length of the right one, two ventrally located contractile vacuoles on the right side, and 25–32 nematodesmal rods. Based on current observations and the previous description, the diagnosis of Trochilioides tenuis (Deroux, 1976) Chen et al. 2011 is improved: cell size 30–40 × 20–35 μm in vivo, oval shaped in outline; consistently three right kineties, four left kineties and seven postoral kineties; a single contractile vacuole; marine habitat. A second species of Trochilioides, T. recta (Kahl, 1923) Chen et al. 2011 is re-described based on a Chinese population. Furthermore, a key to the identification of species of the genus Trochilioides whose infraciliature data are available is supplied, and Chlamydonyx trivialis (Fenchel, 1965) comb. nov. [basionym: Trochilioides trivialis Fenchel, 1965] is suggested.

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Information: Acta Protozoologica, 2013, Volume 52, Issue 1, pp. 25 - 33

Article type: Original article

Authors

Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 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

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

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

Published at: 22.04.2013

Article status: Open

Licence: None

Percentage share of authors:

Hongbo Pan (Author) - 20%
Honggang Ma (Author) - 20%
Xiaozhong Hu (Author) - 20%
Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid (Author) - 20%
Saleh A. Al-Farraj (Author) - 20%

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