New records of 24 ciliate species (Protozoa, Ciliophora) collected in South Korea
Author
Kim, Ji Hye
Natural Science Research Institute, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung, Republic of Korea
Author
Jung, Ji Hye Moon and Jae-Ho
text
Journal of Species Research
2018
7
4
291
314
journal article
10.12651/JSR.2018.7.4.291
2713-8615
13163147
11.
Urostyla grandis grandis
Ehrenberg, 1830
(
Fig. 11
)
Material examined.
Freshwater
with debris collected from
Gyeongpocheon River
,
Unjeong-dong
,
Gangneung-si
,
Gangwon-do
,
Korea
(
37°47
ʹ
20
ʺ
N
,
128°54
ʹ
34
ʺ
E
) on
January 4, 2018
.
Diagnosis.
Body size about 200 × 95 μm after protargol impregnation; body broadly ellipsoidal; flexible; cytoplasm colorless; yellowish cortical granules; numerous ellipsoidal to globular macronuclear nodules; 46- 51 adoral membranelles; bicorona frontal rows; 4-6 left marginal rows; 5 or 6 right marginal rows; 8-13 transverse cirri; 4 dorsal kineties; marginal cirral row originated from intrakinetal cirral anlage.
Distribution.
Cosmopolitan.
Remarks.
A Korean population of
U. grandis
was previously described without morphogenesis (
Shin, 1994
;
Berger, 2006
). Recently,
Paiva
et al
. (2016)
established a new subspecies
U. grandis wiackowskii
Paiva
et al
., 2016
based on the morphogenetic stages of left marginal rows. Therefore, we used morphogenesis to classify the subspecies level of the Korean population. This Korean population of
U. grandis grandis
has intrakinetal anlagen originated from each left marginal row. In contrast,
U. grandis wiakowskii
has multiple anlagen originated from innermost left marginal cirral row.
Fig. 10.
Holosticha pullaster
in vivo
(A-D) and protargol impregnated specimen (E). A. Typical individual and contractile vacuole (arrow). B. Contractile vacuole (arrow). C. Ventral view (arrowheads indicate cytoplasmic granules). D. Dorsal view (arrowheads indicate cytoplasmic granules). E. Oral and somatic ciliature. Scale bars = 20 μm.
Fig. 11.
Urostyla grandis grandis
after protargol impregnation. A. Vegetative stage. B. Middle divider (arrowheads indicate anlagen of left marginal rows). C. Late divider (arrowheads indicate anlagen of left marginal rows). Scale bars= 20 μm.
Voucher slides.
Two slides of protargol-impregnated specimens were deposited at National Institute of Biological Resources,
Korea
(NIBRPR0000109470, NIBRPR0000109471).