A new genus and two new species of marine peritrichous ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora, Peritrichida) from Qingdao, China
A new genus and two new species of marine peritrichous ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora, Peritrichida) from Qingdao, China
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10.1080/00785236.1997.10428671
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1997-12
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Weibo Song
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Weibo Song
Abstract This paper deals with descriptions of a new genus and two new species of marine peritrichs, Pseudovorticella longa nov. spec. and Zoothamnopsis mengi nov. gen., nov. spec. Both organisms were collected from eutrophic waters (mollusca-breeding and shrimp-farming ponds) off the coast of Qingdao, China. Their morphology, infraciliature and silverline system were studied and investigated from living and silver-stained organisms. The new genus Zoothamnopsis has all the characteristics of the well-known genus Zoothamnium but with a reticulate silverline system like that of Pseudovorticella. Zoothamnopsis mengi nov. spec. is a medium-sized form with dichotomously branched stalk and one apically located contractile vacuole; C-shaped macronucleus is horizontally located; zooids in vivo are about 50–70 × 20–30 μm. Number of silverlines: from oral area to aboral ciliary wreath ca. 76–87; AbW to scopula 30–36. The new species Pseudovorticella longa measures 30–45 × 15–25 μm and is unique by having a dorsally...