Redescriptions of five species of marine peritrichs, Zoothamnium plumula, Zoothamnium nii, Zoothamnium wang, Pseudovorticella bidulphiae, and Pseudovorticella marina (Protista, Ciliophora)

DAODE JI; MANN KYOON SHIN; JOONG KI CHOI; JOHN C. CLAMP; KHALED A. S. AL-RASHEID

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2930.1.4

Issue: Vol. 2930 No. 1: 27 Jun. 2011

Type: Articles

Published: 2011-06-27

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2930.1.4

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**Redescriptions of five species of marine peritrichs, Zoothamnium plumula, Zoothamnium nii, Zoothamnium wang, Pseudovorticella bidulphiae, and Pseudovorticella marina (Protista, Ciliophora)**

DAODE JI⁺⁻
MANN KYOON SHIN⁺⁻
JOONG KI CHOI⁺⁻
JOHN C. CLAMP⁺⁻
KHALED A. S. AL-RASHEID⁺⁻

School of Ocean, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, China

Laboratory of Protozoology, Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China

Department of Biological Sciences, Inha University, Incheon 402-751, Korea

Department of Biology, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina 27707, USA

Protist Peritrichia Zoothamnium Pseudovorticella morphology marine ciliate

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Abstract

The significant similarity of congeners and an accumulation of inaccurate descriptions or misinterpretations in previous studies can make it difficult to separate species of peritrich ciliates from one another. Isolates collected from Chinese coastal waters allowed investigation and redescription of three marine species of peritrichs, Zoothamnium plumula Kahl, 1933, Z. nii Ji et al., 2005 and Z. wangi Ji et al., 2005, emphasizing in particular details of characters observed in vivo, infraciliature and comparisons with morphologically similar congeners. Brief redescriptions based on new material also are provided for two other marine peritrichs, Pseudovorticella bidulphiae (Stiller, 1939) Ji et al., 2009 and P. marina (Greeff, 1870) Ji et al., 2009.

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