Brief description of newly recorded eight ciliate species (Protozoa, Ciliophora) collected from South Korea
Author
Jung, Ji Hye Kim and Jae-Ho
text
Journal of Species Research
2019
8
4
380
388
journal article
10.12651/JSR.2019.8.4.380
2713-8615
13161281
8.
Uronemella filificum
(Kahl, 1931) Song and Wilbert
,
2002
(
Fig. 8
)
Material examined.
Marine
water (salinity 24‰) collected from
Cheonbuhang Port
,
Cheonbu-ri
,
Buk-myeon
,
Ulleng-gun
,
Gyeongsangbuk-do
,
Korea
(
37°32
ʹ
27
ʺ
N
,
130°52
ʹ
22
ʺ
E
) on
30 August 2018
.
Diagnosis.
Body size about 30 × 15 μm in vivo; body shape obpyriform to broadly oval; frontal end slightly oblique; cytostome slightly beyond mid-body; single globular macronucleus; spindle shape extrusomes rarely observed about 2.5 × 0.6 μm; cytoplasm colorless; single contractile vacuole at posterior end; 21-23 somatic kineties; caudal cilium about 13 μm long; membranelle 1 consists of a long right row and a shorter left row; membranelle 2 and 3 close to each other, each consists of 3 rows of basal bodies.
Distribution.
Cosmopolitan.
Remarks.
Uronemella filificum
is similar to
U. parafilificum
Gong
et al.
, 2007
but they differ mainly in the number of somatic kineties (21-23 vs. 16 or 17) and the absence (vs. presence) of the elongated, posteriorly located somatic cilia (
Gong
et al.
, 2007
;
Hu
et al.
, 2009
).
Fig. 8.
Uronemella filificum
in vivo (A- C) and after protargol impregnation (D). A. Right side view showing body shape (arrow indicates caudal cilium). B, C. Left side views showing oral apparatus, macronucleus, and extrusomes (arrowheads). D. Ventral view showing oral, somatic infraciliature, and nuclear apparatus. Scale bar = 20 μm.
Voucher slides.
Two slides with protargol-impregnated specimens were deposited at National Institute of BiologicalResources (NIBRPR0000109487, NIBRPR0000109 488) and four slides were deposited at the National Marine Biodiversity Institute of
Korea
(MABIK PR00043192- PR00043195).