A New Marine Cyrtophorid Ciliate, Dysteria nabia nov. spec. (Ciliophora: Phyllopharyngea: Cyrtophorida: Dysteriidae), from South Korea

• Authors: Mi-Hyun Park , Gi-Sik Min
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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We discovered a new marine cyrtophorid ciliate, Dysteria nabia nov. spec., in Incheon Harbor in the Yellow Sea and at Ihoteu Beach on Jeju-do Island, South Korea. This new species is described based on live observations, protargol impregnation, and silver nitrate impregnation. Dysteria nabia measures approximately 94 × 45 µm in vivo and has an oval to elliptical form, with a subcaudally positioned podite; 5 right kineties, with a single shortened innermost right kinety; usually 3 left frontal kineties; and 2 contractile vacuoles. The length of the small subunit ribosomal RNA (SSU rRNA) gene sequence is 1,700 bp. In comparison with the five previously identified sequences of Dysteria species, the inter-specific similarity of D. nabia ranges from 91.5 to 98.4%.

Keywords

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Dysteriidae, Dysteria nabia nov. spec., infraciliature, marine ciliate, SSU rRNA, Korea, Yellow Sea

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Jagielloński. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
• Journal: Acta Protozoologica
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 53
• Issue: 3

Dates

published

2014

online

11 - 09 - 2015

Contributors

author

Mi-Hyun Park

author

Gi-Sik Min