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A New Species of Heliochona, H. psychra n. sp. (Ciliata: Chonotrichida), from Nuwuk Lake, Alaska *
Author(s) -
MATSUDO HITOSHI,
MOHR JOHN LUTHER
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
the journal of protozoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.067
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1550-7408
pISSN - 0022-3921
DOI - 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1965.tb03251.x
Subject(s) - ciliata , halocline , biology , botany , ecology , protozoa , salinity
SYNOPSIS. Heliochona psychra n. sp. (Ciliata: Chonotrichi‐da), an ectocommensal on the pleopodal bristles of Gammarus setosa Dementieva from Nuwuk Lake, a marine halocline lake at Point Barrow, Alaska is described. H. psychra differs from the older species H. scheutenii Stein and H. sessilis Plate in its size, outline of the cytosome, and appearance of the funnel rays.