FIGURE 1 in Strongylidium koreanum n. sp. (Protozoa: Ciliophora), a new soil species from South Korea

FIGURE 1. Morphology of Strongylidium koreanum n. sp. alive (A, B) and after protargol staining (C, D). A. Ventral view of a representative individual. B. Dorsal view. The arrow indicates the contractile vacuole. C, D. Ventral and dorsal views of holotype specimen showing the ciliary pattern and nuclear apparatus. AZM, adoral zone of membranelles; BC, buccal cirrus; CC, caudal cirri; DK1-3, dorsal kineties 1–3; EM, endoral membrane; FC, frontal cirri; LMR, left marginal row; LVR, left ventral row; Ma, macronuclear nodules; Mi, micronuclei; PM, paroral membrane; PVC, postoral ventral cirrus; RMR, right marginal row; RVR; right ventral row. Scale bars 100 µm.