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New Species of Lankesteria (Apicomplexa, Eugregarinida) from Ascidians on the Central California Coast 1
Author(s) -
LEVINE NORMAN D.
Publication year - 1981
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.1550-7408.1981.tb02868.x
Subject(s) - biology , ciona intestinalis , genus , bay , zoology , botany , ecology , oceanography , geology , biochemistry , gene
The following species of the gregarine genus Lankesteria were found in a study of ascidians from Monterey Bay, on the central California coast of the Pacific Ocean: L. abbotti n. sp. in Clavelina huntsmani, L. aplidii n. sp. in Aplidium solidum, L. ascidiae in Ciona intestinalis, L. diaphanis n. sp. in Archidistoma diaphanes, L. euherdmaniae n. sp. in Euherdmania claviformis, L. montereyensis n. sp. in Archidistoma molle, L. pescaderoensis n. sp. in Ritterella rubra, L. pittendrighi n. sp. in Ascidia ceratodes, L. psammii n. sp. in Archidistoma psammion, L. ritterellae n. sp. in Ritterella pulchra, L. ritterii n. sp. in Archidistoma ritteri, L. synoici n. sp. in Synoicum parfustis , and Lankesteria sp. in Botrylloides sp. No gregarines were seen in the following ascidians: Aplidium californicum, A. propinquum, Botryllus tuberatus, Diplosoma macdonaldi, Perophora annectens , and Polyclinum planum .