New records of nine ciliates (Protozoa: Ciliophora) from Korea: Brief descriptions and remarks Author Min, Kang-San Kim and Gi-Sik mingisik@inha.ac.kr text Journal of Species Research 2018 7 4 315 322 journal article 10.12651/JSR.2018.7.4.315 2713-8615 13161307 3. Holostichides dumonti Foissner, 2000 ( Fig. 3 ) Material examined. Soil sample taken from Wangsan-ri , Jung-gu , Incheon , South Korea ( 37°26 ʹ 47 ʺ N 126°23 ʹ 40 ʺ E ) on February 2018 . Diagnosis. Cell size 130-140 × 30-35 μm in protargol preparations, elongated ellipsoidal, flexible; adoral zone about 30% of body length, 36-40 adoral membranelles; 60-62 macronuclear nodules; contractile vacuole at left mid-body; cortical granules colorless, arranged as longitudinal rows; 3 frontal and 2 frontoterminal cirri; 1 buccal cirrus; about 15 cirri in midventral pairs; 2 or 3 additional midventral row; transverse cirri lacking; 1 left (47-49 cirri) and 1 right (44-47 cirri) marginal cirral row; invariably 5 dorsal kineties. Fig. 2. Photomicrographs of Anteholosticha verrucosa from life (A, B) and after protargol impregnation (C, D). (A, C) Ventral views. (B) Dorsal cilia (arrows) and cortical granules (arrowheads) on dorsal surface. (D) Arrows indicate basal bodies on dorsal surface. Scale bars= 50 μm. Fig. 3. Photomicrographs of Holostichides dumonti from after protargol impregnation (A-D). (A) Arrow indicates caudal cirri. (B, C) Arrows indicate midventral cirral rows. (D) Dorsal view. 1-5, dorsal kineties. Scale bar = 100 μm. Fig. 4. Photomicrographs of Amphisiella australis from after protargol impregnation (A, B). (A) Ventral view. (B) Dorsal view. Scale bar= 50 μm. Remarks. The Korean population follows most morphological features of the Finnish ( type ) population, though the former only differs from the latter by the number of macronuclear nodules (60-84 vs. 100-150) ( Berger, 2006 ). In comparison with its congeners, H. terrae can be separated from H. dumonti by the number of midventral rows (2 or 3 vs. 2) and the rod-shaped structure in the wall of the pharynx (present vs. absent) ( Jung et al ., 2017a ). The other Holostichides species ( H. chardezi , H. heterotypicus and H. typicus ) have a shorter undulating membrane compared to H. dumonti ( Kim et al ., 2017 ) . Deposition. Three voucher slides with protargol-impregnated specimens are deposited in the National Institute of Biological Resources in Korea (NIBRPR0000109441-NI BRPR0000109443).