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Stomatogenesis of the marine ciliate Metanophrys sinensis (Protozoa: Ciliophora: Scuticociliatida)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 March 2003

Hongwei Ma  and
Weibo Song
Hongwei Ma
Affiliation:
The Laboratory of Protozoology, KLM, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, People's Republic of China
Weibo Song
Affiliation:
The Laboratory of Protozoology, KLM, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, People's Republic of China
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Abstract

Stomatogenesis of the marine scuticociliate Metanophrys sinensis, collected from a molluscan culturing pond in Qingdao, China, was studied using protargol impregnation method. The morphogenetic sequence develops in the proter: the remnant of parental paroral membrane gives rise to the paroral membrane and scutica, and the three parental membranelles were inherited. In the opisthe: the paroral membrane, membranelles 1, 2 and the scutica originate from the parental paroral membrane, while parental scutica gives rise to the membranelle 3. This suggests that M. sinensis has a relatively similar morphogenetic pattern to the members of the genus Uronema.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 83 , Issue 2 , April 2003 , pp. 407 - 410
Copyright
2003 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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