FIGURE 5 in Notes on a new marine peritrichous ciliate (Ciliophora: Peritrichida), Zoothamnium xuianum n. sp., with redescription of Z. paraentzii Song, 1991 from northern China

FIGURE 5. Comparison of some closely related morphotypes. (A, B) Zoothamnium chlamydis (from Hu & Song, 2001). (C, D) Z. plumula (from Song et al., 2002). (E) Z. alternans (from Greeff, 1870). (F) Z. alternans (from Claparède & Lachmann, 1858). (G) Z. alternans (from Kent, 1881). (H, I) Z. sinense (from Song, 1991b). (J, K) Z. dichotomum (after Kahl, 1935). (L, M) Zoothamnopsis mengi (from Song, 1997). (N, O) Zoothamnium paragammari (from Song, 1991b). (P) Z. marinum (after Kahl, 1935). (Q, R) Z. intermedium (from Song, 1991b). Scale bars in (H, N, Q) = 20 µm, in (A) = 30 µm, in (C) = 40 µm, in (L) = 50 µm, in (P) = 100 µm.