Descriptions of two new species of Philodina (Rotifera, Bdelloidea), with notes on seven rare bdelloids from Korea
Author
Song, Min Ok
Author
Lee, Chang-Ho
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-05-08
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10.11646/zootaxa.4772.2.2
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Habrotrocha gracilis quadridens
Schulte, 1954
Figure 8a
Material.
One specimen sorted out from mosses around a mountain in Jangyeol-ri, Bukpyeong-myeon, Jeongseongun, Gangwon-do.
While
Habrotrocha gracilis gracilis
Montet
doesn't have any process on the base of sulcus, this subspecieslevel taxon has a small finger-shaped process between sulcus base and upper lip when feeding. In addition, the dental formula is 5/6 or 4/
6 in
H. gracilis gracilis
, while it is 4/
4 in
H. gracilis quadridens
.
The general morphology of the Korean specimen conforms to that of the
type
specimens except that the dental formula of the Korean specimen was 4/3.
This subspecies-level taxon is very rare and has never been reported again after the description from
Germany
by
Schulte (1954)
until the present study.
Measurements.
Total length in feeding 144–201 μm. Corona width 27 μm. Cingulum width 27 μm. Cingulum pad width 26 μm. Greatest neck width in feeding 33 μm. Greatest trunk width in feeding 54 μm. Trophi length 14 μm.