| Literature DB >> 21515708 |
Xiangrui Chen1,2, Shan Gao2, Weiwei Liu3, Weibo Song2, Khaled A S Al-Rasheid4, Alan Warren5.
Abstract
The morphology of three marine colepid ciliates, Nolandia sinica spec. nov., Apocoleps caoi spec. nov. and Tiarina fusa (Claparède & Lachmann, 1858) Bergh, 1881, isolated from Chinese coastal waters, was investigated. N. sinica spec. nov. may be separated from its congeners by the structure of its armour plates, each of which may have up to five reniform windows. A. caoi spec. nov. is characterized by its large body with broad anterior end and by having 10-12 long, sharp posterior spines. New data and an improved diagnosis are supplied for Tiarina fusa (Claparède & Lachmann, 1858) Bergh, 1881, which has a spindle-shaped body, about 16 ciliary rows and a single adoral organelle. Sequence similarities with other available colepid species were determined.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21515708 DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.026302-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Syst Evol Microbiol ISSN: 1466-5026 Impact factor: 2.747