Morhological record of three soil ciliates (Ciliophora) from Korea
Author
Lee, Sue Yeon
Author
Yoo, Jung Sun
Author
Kim, Seung Tae
text
Journal of Species Research
2017
6
110
113
http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13161685
journal article
10.12651/JSR.2017.6
2713-8615
13162017
3.
Gonostomum singhii
Kamra
et al.
, 2008
ȇḍ각ŦÜAEệ (ljḡ) (
Fig. 1
K-O)
Material examined.
Soil
(pH 6),
Moonkyung
,
Gyeongsangbuk-do province
,
South Korea
(
36°41
ʹ
N
127°57
ʹ
E
), collected by
Gi-Sik Min
in
July 2016
.
Diagnosis.
Size approximately 80 × 30 μm in impregnat- ed specimens. Body shape elongated ellipsoid, anterior part narrower than posterior part. Undulating membrane typical of
Gonostomum
. Two macronuclear nodules, two or three micronuclei. Three frontal cirri, two frontoterminal cirri, one buccal cirrus, two frontoventral cirral pairs, two thin pretransverse ventral cirri arranged almost vertically, and four transverse cirri. Approximately 10 left and 15 right marginal cirri. Three dorsal kineties with three caudal cirri.
Remarks.
The Korean population of
G. singhii
can be distinguished from
G. lajacola
based on the number of frontoventral cirral rows (two vs. three), paroral cilia (on average 11 vs. 23), and transverse cirri (four vs. five) (
Foissner, 2016
).
Distribution.
Australia
,
India
,
Venezuela
.
Deposition.
Two voucher slides with protargol-impregnated specimens were deposited in the National Institute of Biological Resources in
Korea
(NIBRPR0000107264, NIBRPR0000107265).
Identifiers.
Kang-San Kim and Gi-Sik Min.