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Issue: Vol. 3048 No. 1: 4 Oct. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-10-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3048.1.4
Page range: 62–68
Abstract views: 47
PDF downloaded: 1

A new pleurostomatid ciliate, Amphileptus salignus n. sp. (Protozoa, Ciliophora), from mangrove wetlands in southern China

Laboratory of Protozoology, Key Laboratory of Ecology and Environmental Science in Guangdong Higher Education, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
Laboratory of Protozoology, Key Laboratory of Ecology and Environmental Science in Guangdong Higher Education, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China Laboratory of Protozoology, Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, 266003 Qingdao, China
Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Rd. London SW7 5BD, UK
Protozoa Amphileptus brackish water ciliate mangrove wetland morphology new species

Abstract

The morphology and infraciliature of a new brackish water pleurostomatid ciliate, Amphileptus salignus n. sp., collected from mangrove wetlands in southern China were investigated using observations of live cells and the protargol impregnation method. Amphileptus salignus can be separated from its congeners by its large cell size, the presence of 4 left and 24–29 right somatic kineties, two kinds of extrusomes, the number and location of contractile vacuoles, and its habitat.

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