@article{b8586cc7-8365-44e4-a834-eab92eb87704,
author = {Atef Omar, Wilhelm Foissner},
title = {Description of Leptopharynx bromeliophilus nov. spec. and Leptopharynx australiensis nov. spec. (Ciliophora, Nassulida)},
journal = {Acta Protozoologica},
volume = {2011},
number = {Volume 50, Issue 2},
year = {2011},
issn = {0065-1583},
pages = {89-103},keywords = {Australia; α-taxonomy; bromeliad tanks; Jamaica; Leptopharynx costatus; soil ciliates.},
abstract = {Using standard morphological methods, we describe two new Leptopharynx species, each discovered in a specific biogeographic region and habitat. Leptopharynx bromeliophilus nov. spec., a minute species (25 × 20 μm) discovered in tanks of bromeliads from Jamaica, is small-mouthed and has a slightly concave preoral region, an average of 27 basal bodies in kinety 4, and a total of 142 basal bodies on average. Leptopharynx australiensis nov. spec., a comparatively large species (40 × 25 μm) discovered in jungle soil of Australia, is large-mouthed and has a distinctly oblique preoral region, widely spaced kinetids in kinety 1, a total of 184 basal bodies on average, and the oral primordium is inside of a cortical fold thus appearing right of the posterior end of kinety 1. Four new features are recognized for distinguishing Leptopharynx species: (1) to have a monomorphic (producing either small- or large-mouthed cells) or polymorphic (producing microstomes and macrostomes) life cycle; (2) the spacing of the kinetids in kinety 1 as either ordinary or wide; (3) the shape (flat or concave) and angle (≤ 15° slightly oblique, ≥ 40° distinctly oblique) of the preoral region; and (4) the total number of basal bodies, which has proven statistically.},
doi = {10.4467/16890027AP.11.011.0011},
url = {https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/acta-protozoologica/article/description-of-leptopharynx-bromeliophilus-nov-spec-and-leptopharynx-australiensis-nov-spec-ciliophora-nassulida}
}