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
Goniomonas amphinema
Larsen
et
Patterson 1990
(
Figs 1l
,
2k
)
Observations:
Cells are 5–5.5 μm long, oblong and laterally flattened. Two flagella insert in an anterior lateral pocket; one directed anteriorly, one posteriorly. The cells have three delicate longitudinal ridges on both sides, which can be easily overlooked. The anterior row of ejectisomes is sometimes difficult to observe. Description based on the observations of two cells.
Remarks:
The genus
Goniomonas
contains three species,
G. amphinema
,
G. pacifica
and
G. truncatum
.
Goniomonas amphinema
differs from
G. pacifica
and
G. truncatum
in having dissimilar flagella one of which curves to lie along the ventral side of the cell. This species was reported from marine sites in
Australia
, North Atlantic,
Denmark
,
England
,
Fiji
, Gulf of
Finland
,
Panama
and
Korea
and was reported to be 4 to 9 μm (
Vørs 1992a
, b; Larsen and Pattersen 1990;
Patterson
et al.
1993
;
Tong
et al.
1998
;
Lee and Patterson 2000
;
Lee 2001
, 2002, 2006b;
Al-Qassab
et al.
2002
).