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Issue: Vol. 1003 No. 1: 3 Jun. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-06-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1003.1.4
Page range: 57–64
Abstract views: 41
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Frontonia lynni n. sp., a new marine ciliate (Protozoa, Ciliophora, Hymenostomatida) from Qingdao, China

Laboratory of Protozoology, KLM, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, P R China
Laboratory of Protozoology, KLM, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, P R China
Laboratory of Protozoology, KLM, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, P R China
Laboratory of Protozoology, KLM, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, P R China
Laboratory of Protozoology, KLM, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, P R China
Laboratory of Protozoology, KLM, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, P R China
Laboratory of Protozoology, KLM, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, P R China
Hymenoptera Marine ciliate Frontonia lynni morphology new species

Abstract

The morphology, infraciliature and silverline system of a new marine ciliate, Frontonia lynni n. sp., isolated from a sandy beach at Qingdao, China, was investigated using live observation and silver staining methods. The new species is recognized by the combination of the following characters: body about 100–210 x 70–150 µm in vivo, elliptical in outline; dorsoventrally flattened (3:1); one large contractile vacuole equatorially located, right of median; 71–83 somatic kineties and three vestibular kineties; small oral cavity with peniculi 1 and 2 each having four ciliary rows and peniculus 3 possesses five gradually shortened rows.

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