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Taxonomic Characterization of Vorticella fusca Precht, 1935 and Vorticella parapulchella n. sp., Two Marine Peritrichs (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea) from China
Author(s) -
SUN PING,
SONG WEIBO,
CLAMP JOHN,
ALRASHEID KHALED A. S.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of eukaryotic microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.067
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1550-7408
pISSN - 1066-5234
DOI - 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2006.00112.x
Subject(s) - biology , ciliata , zoology , taxonomy (biology) , morphology (biology) , protozoa , littoral zone , botany , ecology
. Two marine peritrich ciliates, Vorticella fusca Precht (1935) and Vorticella parapulchella n. sp. were discovered in the littoral zone of Qingdao, northern China. Their morphology, infraciliature, and silverline system were described using live observation and silver impregnation. The poorly known species V. fusca is redescribed, adding information about the oral infraciliature and pellicular morphology. Vorticella parapulchella n. sp. is superficially similar to Vorticella pulchella Sommer (1951) but is distinguished from it by being markedly smaller and having much more widely spaced pellicular ridges. The infundibular infraciliature of V. parapulchella is extremely unusual in having infundibular polykinety 3 reduced to two rows, one of which has almost disappeared.