Free-living Heterotrophic Flagellates from Intertidal Sediments of Saros Bay, Aegean Sea (Turkey)
Author
Aydin, Esra Elif
Author
Lee, Won Je
text
Acta Protozoologica
2012
51
2
119
137
https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/6cf3745c-7fc3-3086-8e0b-e266c329ac0d/
journal article
10.4467/16890027AP.12.010.0514
1689-0027
13192960
Developayella elegans
Tong 1995
(
Figs 1j
,
2i
)
Observation:
Cells are oval and 4–6 μm long. The cells have two flagella emerging from a depression in the right anterior part of the cell. Both flagella are about the cell length. In attached cells the anterior flagellum is held in a curve and beats slowly up and down, and the posterior one beats rapidly with a shallow excursion. Move by swimming. Two cells found.
Remarks:
Our observations are in agreement with the descriptions of
Tong (1995)
and
Lee and Patterson (2000)
. When this species attaches to the subtrate it can be easily distinguished from other small flagellates because of its flagellar beating pattern. It has been described from subtropical
Australia
,
England
and
Korea
with the cell length of 3.5–10 μm (
Patterson and Simpson 1996
;
Tong 1995
;
Tong 1997a
, b;
Tong
et al.
1998
;
Lee and Patterson 2000
;
Al-Qassab
et al.
2002
;
Lee 2001
, 2002).