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Malacophrys viridis sp.n. (Malacophryidae fam.n.), ein Ciliat (Protozoa, Ciliophora) mit Merkmalen der Kinetofragminophora und Oligohymenophora
Author(s) -
FOISSNER WILHELM
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
zoologica scripta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.204
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1463-6409
pISSN - 0300-3256
DOI - 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1980.tb00653.x
Subject(s) - ciliate , biology , protozoa , ciliata , autofluorescence , algae , zoology , botany , ecology , optics , fluorescence , physics
The morphology, infraciliature, and silverline system of Malacophrys viridis sp.n., a green‐yellow coloured ciliate with symbiotic blue‐green algae is described. Dying animals discharge a substance with a dark red autofluorescence. This curious ciliate shares features of the classes Kinetofragminophora (basket) and Oligohymenophora (true buccal cavity with two adoral membranelles and a paroral membrane). Its infraciliature and silverline system shows criteria of the orders Prostomatida, Nassulida‐, Parahymenostomatida, Hymenostomatida, and Scuticociliatida. This unique combination allows us to create the new family Malacophryidae whose systematic position remains uncertain. Perhaps they are primitive Nassulida or Parahymenostomatida.