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Taxonomical reinvestigation of the colepid species Pinacocoleps pulcher (Spiegel, 1926) Foissner et al., 2008 (Ciliophora: Prorodontida: Colepidae)

Publication date: 13.12.2017

Acta Protozoologica, 2017, Volume 56, Issue 3, pp. 161 - 169

https://doi.org/10.4467/16890027AP.17.014.7495

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Ji Hye Moon
Department of Biology, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung, South Korea
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Ji Hye Kim
Natural Science Research Institute, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung, South Korea
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Jae-Ho Jung
Department of Biological Sciences, Inha University, 100 Inha-ro, Michuhol-gu, Incheon 22212, South Korea
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Taxonomical reinvestigation of the colepid species Pinacocoleps pulcher (Spiegel, 1926) Foissner et al., 2008 (Ciliophora: Prorodontida: Colepidae)

Abstract

Brackish water populations of Pinacocoleps pulcher were collected from a lagoon in Korea. This species has never been described using silver impregnation and nuclear small subunit ribosomal RNA (SSU rRNA) gene. In the present study, we investigated the morphological and molecular attributes of P. pulcher using standard methods. The morphology was studied based on observations of live materials, silver-impregnated preparations, and scanning electron microscopy. The morphological characteristics are as follows: body size 80–90 × 40–50 µm in vivo, shape broadly ellipsoidal, body cross-section ellipsoidal, about seven anterior spines and about seven posterior spines, approximately 21 somatic ciliary rows, one macronucleus and one micronucleus, and a single caudal cilium. The SSU rRNA gene tree supports a sister relationship of P. pulcher to the genus Apocoleps, not P. tesselatus.

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Information: Acta Protozoologica, 2017, Volume 56, Issue 3, pp. 161 - 169

Article type: Original article

Authors

Department of Biology, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung, South Korea

Natural Science Research Institute, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung, South Korea

Department of Biological Sciences, Inha University, 100 Inha-ro, Michuhol-gu, Incheon 22212, South Korea

Published at: 13.12.2017

Article status: Open

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Percentage share of authors:

Ji Hye Moon (Author) - 33%
Ji Hye Kim (Author) - 33%
Jae-Ho Jung (Author) - 34%

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