Morphology and Ontogenesis of a Marine Ciliate, Euplotes balteatus (Dujardin, 1841) Kahl, 1932 (Ciliophora, Euplotida) and Definition of Euplotes wilberti nov. spec.

• Authors: Ying Pan , Liqiong Li , Chen Shao , Xiaozhong Hu , Honggang Ma , Khaled A. S. Alrasheid
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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Euplotes balteatus (Dujardin, 1841) Kahl 1932, collected from coastal waters near Qingdao, northern China, was investigated using live observation and silver staining methods. An improved diagnosis and morphometric data are provided. Euplotes balteatus can be identified by the following combination of characters: 10 frontoventral cirri, 2 widely separated marginal cirri, 2 fine caudal cirri, 8 dorsal kineties and a double-eurystomus type silverline system. Its morphogenesis, which is similar to that of several congeners, can be summarized as follows: (1) the opisthe’s oral primordium appears de novo under the pellicle whereas the old oral apparatus is retained by the proter; (2) two groups of frontoventral transverse cirral anlagen, each with five streaks, occur de novo and then develop into the frontoventral and transverse cirri separately according to the formula of “3:3:3:3:2” from left to right; (3) the anlagen for the marginal cirri occur de novo near the parental oral apparatus; (4) migratory cirri of both dividers derive from the anlagen near the paroral membrane; (5) the dorsal kinety anlagen come from dedifferentiation of the parental structures in the mid-body region; (6) caudal cirri are formed at the posterior ends of the two rightmost dorsal kineties. In the light of the present findings, it was concluded that the Antarctic population of E. balteatus reported by Song and Wilbert (2002) was misidentified. A new species, Euplotes wilberti nov. spec., is established for this population.

Keywords

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Euplotes balteatus, Euplotes wilberti nov. spec., marine ciliate, morphology, ontogenesis

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Acta Protozoologica
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 51
• Issue: 1

Dates

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2012

online

28 - 08 - 2015

Contributors

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Ying Pan

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Liqiong Li

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Chen Shao

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Xiaozhong Hu

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Honggang Ma

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Khaled A. S. Alrasheid