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Monocercomonas molae n. sp., a Flagellate from the Sunfish Mola mola *
Author(s) -
NOBLE GLENN A.,
NOBLE ELMER R.
Publication year - 1966
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.1550-7408.1966.tb01903.x
Subject(s) - flagellate , biology , hindgut , anatomy , paleontology , ecology , larva , midgut
SYNOPSIS.Monocercomonas molae from the hindgut of the sunfish Mola mola is described. The host was taken from southern California coastal waters in October, 1964. The body of the flagellate is 8.0 × 10.7 microns. A single basal granule complex gives rise to 4 flagella, one of which is recurrent. The axostyle is relatively stout, with argentophilic granules, and possesses a periaxostylar ring. The capitulum of the axostyle continues into the sickle‐shaped pelta, and the parabasal body is rod‐shaped or lobed and roughly triangular in cross‐section.