TY - JOUR
TI - Morphology and Molecular Phylogeny of Pseudocyrtohymenides lacunae nov. gen., nov. spec. (Ciliophora: Oxytrichidae) from South Korea
AU - Jung, Jae-Ho
AU - Park, Kyung-Min
AU - Min, Gi-Sik
TI - Morphology and Molecular Phylogeny of Pseudocyrtohymenides lacunae nov. gen., nov. spec. (Ciliophora: Oxytrichidae) from South Korea
AB - We collected an 18-cirri oxytrichid ciliate from the brackish lagoon Songjiho, South Korea, in March 2012. Based on analyses of morphological and molecular attributes, we conclude that it is new genus and species. Pseudocyrtohymenides lacunae nov. gen., nov. spec. has similar morphological attributes to the genus Pseudocyrtohymena, however, the former species lacks caudal cirri. The sequence similarity of the nuclear small subunit ribosomal RNA (SSU rRNA) gene was 99.4% (10 nt difference) between Pseudocyrtohymenides lacunae and Pseudocyrtohymena koreana (type species).
VL - 2017
IS - Volume 56, Issue 1
PY - 2017
SN - 0065-1583
C1 - 1689-0027
SP - 9
EP - 16
DO - 10.4467/16890027AP.17.002.6966
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/acta-protozoologica/article/morphology-and-molecular-phylogeny-of-pseudocyrtohymenides-lacunae-nov-gen-nov-spec-ciliophora-oxytrichidae-from-south-korea
KW - New genus
KW - new species
KW - Korea
KW - SSU rRNA gene
KW - protargol impregnation
KW - Sporadotrichida