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A new marine ciliate, Tachysoma multinucleata sp. nov. (Ciliophora: Oxytrichidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 October 2007

Jun Gong  and
Joong Ki Choi
Jun Gong
Affiliation:
Regional Research Center for Coastal Environments of Yellow Sea, CCEYS, Inha University, Incheon 402-751, Korea Laboratory of Protozoology, College of Life Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
Joong Ki Choi
Affiliation:
Regional Research Center for Coastal Environments of Yellow Sea, CCEYS, Inha University, Incheon 402-751, Korea
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Abstract

The morphology and infraciliature of a new marine ciliate, Tachysoma multinucleata sp. nov., collected from the Jawol Island near Incheon, Korea, were investigated using live observation and protargol impregnation. The new species is characterized by: size in vivo about 65×25 μm, body oval to ellipsoid. Three frontal, one buccal, four frontoventral, three ventral and two pretransverse cirri. Fifteen to 22 left and 13–21 right marginal cirri and about 21–27 adoral membranelles. Cortical granules fine and yellowish, arranged around cirri and dorsal cilia. Usually 12–26 macronuclear nodules. Three dorsal kineties. Marine habitat.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 87 , Issue 5 , October 2007 , pp. 1081 - 1084
Copyright
2007 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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