Brief descriptions of 12 ciliate species previously unrecorded (Protozoa: Ciliophora) in Korea
Author
Lee, Sue Yeon
Author
Yoo, Jung Sun
Author
Kim, Seung Tae
text
Journal of Species Research
2017
6
15
25
http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13163507
journal article
10.12651/JSR.2017.6
2713-8615
13164465
9.
Pseudochilodonopsis fluviatilis
Foissner, 1988
(
Fig. 9
)
Material examined.
Brackish
water (salinity 4‰) taken from the
River Gyeongpocheon
,
Unjeong-dong
,
Gangneung-si
,
Gangwon-do
,
Korea
(
N37°47
ʹ
20
ʺ
,
E128°54
ʹ
34
ʺ
) on
December 8, 2016
.
Diagnosis.
Body size 70-85 × 40-50 μm in vivo; reniform; ventrally flattened; flexible; colorless; two contractile vacuoles obliquely located; postoral ventral kinety absent; 4 or 5 left somatic kineties; 4 or 5 right somatic kineties; dorsal bristles located subapical, about 3.6 μm in length; 2 circumoral kineties; preoral kinety discontinued, composed of 4 segments on anterior left margin; macronucleus ellipsoidal, 7-9 μm in diameter.
Distribution.
Austria
,
Germany
,
Korea
(study).
Remarks.
Pseudochilodonopsis fluviatilis
Foissner, 1988
can be separated from
P. algivora
(Kahl, 1931) Foissner, 1979
by the difference in the shape of the posterior end (indented vs. smooth) (
Foissner
et al.
, 1991
).
Pseudochilodonopsis fluviatilis
and
P. piscatoris
(Blochmann, 1895) Foissner, 1979
can be separated from each other by their body outline (reniform vs. slightly lanceolate) and the position of the dorsal brush (apical vs. subapical) (
Foissner
et al.
, 1991
).
Voucher slides.
Two slides, including protargol-impregnated specimens, were deposited at the National Institute of Biological Resources,
Korea
(NIBRPR0000107910, NIBRPR0000107911).