Two New Species of Centrohelid Heliozoans: Acanthocystis costata sp. nov. and Choanocystis symna sp. nov.

• Authors: Vasily V. Zlatogursky
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

Two new species of centrohelid heliozoans Acanthocystis costata and Choanocystis symna from a freshwater lake on Valamo Island and a freshwater pool in St. Petersburg (North-Western Russia) were studied with light and electron microscopy. Sequences of 18S rDNA were obtained for both species. Choanocystis symna has dumbbell-shaped plate scales (4.4–5.0 × 1.62–1.90 µm) and spine scales (3.9–6.7 µm) bearing from 3 to 5 (usually four) short teeth on the distal end. Acanthocystis costata has oval plate scales (1.3–3.7 × 0.9–1.9 µm), bearing numerous granules as well as radial slits and spine scales (2.1–9.5 µm) with 4–6 teeth on the distal end. Acanthocystis costata and Acanthocystis nichollsi are similar in having slit-bearing plate scales and group together on the 18S rDNA tree. The presence of large particles of unknown nature was observed in food vacuoles of Acanthocystis costata.

Keywords

PL

Centrohelids, Heliozoa, protists, systematics, ultrastructure, external skeleton, Acanthocystis costata sp. nov., Choanocystis symna sp. nov.

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Acta Protozoologica
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 53
• Issue: 4

Dates

published

2014

online

18 - 09 - 2015

Contributors

author

Vasily V. Zlatogursky