MORPHOLOGY AND MORPHOGENESIS OF CIRCINELLA-ARENICOLA NOV-GEN, NOV-SPEC, A CEPHALIZED HYPOTRICH (CILIOPHORA, HYPOTRICHIDA) FROM SAND DUNES IN UTAH, USA
MORPHOLOGY AND MORPHOGENESIS OF CIRCINELLA-ARENICOLA NOV-GEN, NOV-SPEC, A CEPHALIZED HYPOTRICH (CILIOPHORA, HYPOTRICHIDA) FROM SAND DUNES IN UTAH, USA
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DOI:
10.1016/s0932-4739(11)80026-x
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发表时间:
1994-05-27
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
FOISSNER, W
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作者:
FOISSNER, W
Circinella arenicola nov. gen., nov. spec. was discovered in a sand-litter mixture from the Coral Pink Sand Dunes in Utah, USA. Its morphology and morphogenesis were studied in live cells and in specimens impregnated with protargol. The new genus, Circinella, possibly belongs to the family Cladotrichidae and is unique by having a filiform body, a short row of ventral cirri developing apokinetally, 1 left and 1 right marginal row, and neither transverse nor caudal cirri. The opisthe's oral apparatus and frontoventral ciliature and the proter's ventral row originate and develop without participation of parental cirri. The new species, C. arenicola, measures about 400 x 22 mum and is the first cephalized, non-marine hypotrich. It shortens and broadens markedly during fission and resorbs some macronuclear nodules. Two species originally considered as belonging to the genera Perisincirra and Hemisincirra are newly combined with Circinella: C. filiformis (Foissner, 1982) nov. comb. (basionym: Perisincirra filiformis) and C. vettersi (Berger & Foissner, 1989) nov. comb. (basionym: Hemisincirra vettersi). An illustrated and morphometric key to the Circinella species is provided. The systematic position of Circinella and the adaptive value of the cephalization are discussed. 23 species of ciliates, most of which are new for the fauna of North America, occurred together with C. arenicola and are listed in the ecology section.