Description of two new marine pleurostomatid ciliates, Loxophyllum choii nov. spec. and L. shini nov. spec. (Ciliophora, Pleurostomatida) from China

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• 作者：Xiaofeng Lin ; Weibo Song ; Jiqiu Li
• 关键词：Loxophyllum choii nov. spec. ; Loxophyllum shini nov. spec. ; Marine ciliates ; Morphology and infraciliature
• 刊名：European Journal of Protistology
• 出版年：2007
• 出版时间：2 July 2007
• 年：2007
• 卷：43
• 期：2
• 页码：131-139
• 全文大小：1351 K

文摘

The morphology and infraciliature of two pleurostomatid ciliates, Loxophyllum choii nov. spec. and L. shini nov. spec., collected from inshore waters and a shrimp-culturing pond near Qingdao (Tsingtao), China, were investigated using live observations and the protargol-impregnation method. L. choii is distinguished from its congeners by the presence of conspicuous warts and prominent spines along the dorsal margin. L. shini is identified by a combination of characters including the small body size, the presence of two macronuclear nodules and the evenly distributed extrusomes whose tips protrude from the surface along both margins.