Novistrombidium sinicum n. sp. and Novistrombidium orientale n. sp. (Protozoa: Ciliophora): Two New Oligotrich Ciliates from a Mangrove Wetland, South China |
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| Authors: | WEIWEI LIU DAPENG XU XIAOFENG LIN JIQIU LI JUN GONG KHALED AS AL-RASHEID WEIBO SONG |
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| Institution: | Laboratory of Protozoology, Key Laboratory of Ecology and Environmental Science in Guangdong Higher Education, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China, and;Laboratory of Protozoology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China, and;Department of Biology, North Carolina Central University, North Carolina 27707, USA, and;Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, and;Zoology Department, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACT. The morphology and infraciliature of two new marine oligotrich ciliates, Novistrombidium sinicum n. sp. and Novistrombidium orientale n. sp., isolated from a mangrove wetland near Guangzhou, southern China, were studied from live and protargol-stained specimens. Novistrombidium sinicum is different from its congeners by the combination of the following characters: three posteriorly directed thigmotactic membranelles, one ellipsoidal macronucleus, the extrusomes equidistantly arranged, and the ventral kinety commencing below the right end of the girdle kinety. The small-sized N. orientale can be separated from its congeners by two posteriorly directed thigmotactic membranelles, one ellipsoidal macronucleus, the extrusomes equidistantly arranged, and the ventral kinety commencing below the right end of the girdle kinety. |
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| Keywords: | Infraciliature marine ciliates morphology south China sea Strombidiidae |
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