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FIGURE 5. Frontonia multinucleata n in Taxonomic studies on three marine species of Frontonia from northern China: F. didieri n. sp., F. multinucleata n. sp. and F. tchibisovae Burkovsky, 1970 (Ciliophora: Peniculida)
FIGURE 5. Frontonia multinucleata n. sp. from life (A–E). (A, D) Typical individuals. (B) To show the ejected extrusomes. (C) Extrusomes beneath the pellicle. (E) Lateral view, to show the contractile vacuole (arrow). Scale bars in (B) = 15 µm; in (D) = 45 µm; in (A, E) = 50 µm.
FIGURE 6. Frontonia multinucleata n in Taxonomic studies on three marine species of Frontonia from northern China: F. didieri n. sp., F. multinucleata n. sp. and F. tchibisovae Burkovsky, 1970 (Ciliophora: Peniculida)
FIGURE 6. Frontonia multinucleata n. sp. after silver carbonate (A–C, E, F) and silver nitrate (D, G, H–N) impregnations. (A, B, E, F, M) Ventral and dorsal views of different cells. Note the macronuclear nodules (arrows). (C) Part of pellicle, arrow marks the extrusome. (D, H) Oral apparatus. Arrowheads mark the posterior ends of kinety rows in P3, which are in different lengths. (G, K) To point the CVP (arrowheads). (I) Detail of the silverline system. (J, L) Buccal area, to show the vestibular kineties (arrowheads) and the paroral membrane (arrow in L). (N) Structures posterior to the oral apparatus. Note the postoral kineties (arrowheads) and the cytopyge (arrow). Scale bars in (M) = 30 µm; in (A, E, F) = 45 µm; in (K) = 50 µm.
FIGURE 3. Frontonia didieri n in Taxonomic studies on three marine species of Frontonia from northern China: F. didieri n. sp., F. multinucleata n. sp. and F. tchibisovae Burkovsky, 1970 (Ciliophora: Peniculida)
FIGURE 3. Frontonia didieri n. sp. from living cells (A, B, E, I, J), after silver carbonate (G, H), silver nitrate (C, D, K) and protargol (F) impregnations. (A) Ventral view, to show the typical body shape. (B, G) Anterior ventral part. Note the buccal cavity (arrow) and the extrusomes (arrowheads) in B. (C) Ventral view of a specimen. (D) To show the silverline system, arrow marks the CVP. (E) A pressed cell filled with diatoms. (F) Oral apparatus. Arrows indicate the vestibular kineties, arrowheads mark the posterior ends of kinety rows in P1, while double-arrowheads refer to the paroral membrane. (H) The macronucleus. (I) Arrow marks the CVP. (J) To show the contractile vacuole and the collecting canals (arrowheads). (K) To show the detail of the structure of P3. Note the shortest (arrowhead), the median-long (doublearrowheads) and the longest rows (arrow). Scale bars in (C) = 30 µm; in (J) = 40 µm; in (E) = 50 µm; in (A) = 70 µm.
FIGURE 2 in Taxonomic studies on three marine species of Frontonia from northern China: F. didieri n. sp., F. multinucleata n. sp. and F. tchibisovae Burkovsky, 1970 (Ciliophora: Peniculida)
FIGURE 2. Dorsal-lateral views of Frontonia didieri n. sp. (A–D) and F. t c h i b i s o v a e (E–H) (after silver nitrate impregnation), to show the CVP (arrowheads).
FIGURE 1. Frontonia didieri n in Taxonomic studies on three marine species of Frontonia from northern China: F. didieri n. sp., F. multinucleata n. sp. and F. tchibisovae Burkovsky, 1970 (Ciliophora: Peniculida)
FIGURE 1. Frontonia didieri n. sp. from living cells (A), after protargol (B, C, E, G) and silver carbonate impregnations (D, F). (A) Ventral view of a typical specimen. (B) Ventral view of an individual in division. (C, D, F) To show the general infraciliature. (G) To show the oral apparatus, note the long vestibular kineties (VK) and two-rowed paroral membrane (PM). AS = anterior suture; Ma = macronucleus; P1–3 = peniculus 1–3; PK = postoral kineties; PS = postoral suture. Scale bars = 40 μm.
FIGURES 1–4 in A new species of Pachytrocha Kent, 1882 (Ciliophora, Peritrichia: Vaginicolidae)
FIGURES 1–4. Living individuals of Pachytrocha zhytomirensis n. sp. 1, 2. Extended zooid (1—side view, arrow indicates annular ridge; 2—frontal view, arrow indicates tubular passageway for stalk through base of lorica, arrowhead marks sulcus in the swollen peristomial lip). 3. Contracted zooid in side view. 4. Anterior end of zooid showing the thickened peristomial lip. Scale bars: 50 µm.
FIGURES 5–11 in A new species of Pachytrocha Kent, 1882 (Ciliophora, Peritrichia: Vaginicolidae)
FIGURES 5–11. Photomicrographs of living Pachytrocha zhytomirensis n. sp. (7) and formalin-fixed zooids (5, 6, 8– 11). 5, 8, 10 –side views. 6, 7, 11 –frontal views. 9. Basal part of lorica in side view showing stalk and passageway through base of lorica (arrow). The two individuals are a zooid (at left) and telotroch (at right) formed by asexual division. 10. Lorica with zooid and telotroch (at left). 11. Attachment of one individual to the lorica of another. Scale bars: 25 µm.
FIGURE 3 in Morphology and SSU rRNA gene sequence of the new brackish water ciliate, Anteholosticha pseudomonilata n. sp. (Ciliophora, Hypotrichida, Holostichidae) from Korea
FIGURE 3. The alignment of variable sites for SSU rRNA gene sequences of Anteholosticha pseudomonilata n. sp. and five congeners. Nucleotide position number is marked at the top of each aligned line. Missing sites are indicate by gaps (–) and the sites matched with A. pseudomonilata are represented with dots.
FIGURE 2 in Morphology and SSU rRNA gene sequence of the new brackish water ciliate, Anteholosticha pseudomonilata n. sp. (Ciliophora, Hypotrichida, Holostichidae) from Korea
FIGURE 2. Photomicrographs of Anteholosticha pseudomonilata n. sp. from live cells (A–E), and after protargol staining (F– H). (A, B) Ventral view of typical individuals. (C) Partial of dorsal view, to show the distribution of cortical granules (arrowheads) and dorsal bristles (arrows). (D) Ventral view showing macronuclear nodules (arrows) and micronuclei (arrowheads). (E) Posterior body, arrows mark the inclusions within cytoplasm. (F) Ventral view of the holotype specimen (the same individual as illustrated in 1D, E and 2G, H), arrow denotes anterior end of left marginal row. (G) Ventral view of mid-posterior portion, arrows and arrowheads show micronuclei and macronuclear nodules, respectively. (H) Anterior portion of ventral side, showing the buccal cirrus (arrow), frontoterminal cirri (arrowheads), and the right frontal cirrus (double-arrowheads). Scale bars = 50 µm.
FIGURE 1. Anteholosticha pseudomonilata n in Morphology and SSU rRNA gene sequence of the new brackish water ciliate, Anteholosticha pseudomonilata n. sp. (Ciliophora, Hypotrichida, Holostichidae) from Korea
FIGURE 1. Anteholosticha pseudomonilata n. sp. from live cells (A–C), and after protargol impregnation (D, E). (A) Ventral view of a typical individual. (B) Ventral view, arrows indicate the inclusions within cytoplasm at both cell ends. (C) Noting arrangement of cortical granules (arrows). (D, E) Ventral and dorsal views of the holotype specimen, showing the general infraciliature. Arrow in D marks the posterior end of the midventral complex. Arrowheads in E depict the "extra" dikinetids ahead of the right marginal row. AZM = adoral zone of membranelles; BC = buccal cirrus; EM = endoral membrane; FC = frontal cirri; FTC = frontoterminal cirri; LMR = left marginal row; Ma = macronuclei; Mi = micronuclei; MP = midventral pairs; PM = paroral membrane; PTC = pretransverse ventral cirri; RMR = right marginal row; TC = transverse cirri; 1-4 = dorsal kineties. Scale bars in (A) = 40 µm; in (D, E) = 30 µm.
FIGURES 10–23 in A new pleurostomatid ciliate, Amphileptus salignus n. sp. (Protozoa, Ciliophora), from mangrove wetlands in southern China
FIGURES 10–23. Photomicrographs showing the morphology of Amphileptus salignus n. sp. from living cells (10–11, 16–22) and after protargol impregnation (12–15, 23). (10) Right view of a typical individual, arrows mark the extrusomes, arrowheads mark the contractile vacuoles. (11) Left view, arrowheads mark the longitudinal ridges. (12) To show the oral structure, arrowheads mark perioral kinety 1, arrow marks perioral kinety 2. (13) To show the nematodesmata (arrowheads). (14) Left view of anterior portion, arrows show the dorsal brush. (15) The distribution of macronuclear nodules (arrows) and long extrusomes (arrowheads). (16, 17) Two kinds of extrusomes, arrowheads show the shorter ones, arrows show the longer ones. (18) Cortical granules (arrowhead). (19) To show the contractile vacuoles, arrowhead marks the one positioned near the dorsal side. (20) To show dorsal cilia (arrowheads) and dorsal brush (arrow). (21) Anterior region of cell, arrowheads point to the shorter extrusomes. (22) Mid-region of cell, arrowheads indicate the shorter extrusomes. (23) To show the longer extrusomes. Scale bars in (10, 11)—100 µm, in (16, 17)—20 µm.
FIGURES 1–9. Amphileptus salignus n in A new pleurostomatid ciliate, Amphileptus salignus n. sp. (Protozoa, Ciliophora), from mangrove wetlands in southern China
FIGURES 1–9. Amphileptus salignus n. sp. from living cells (1–5) and after protargol impregnation (6–9). (1) Right view of a typical specimen with pointed posterior end. (2) Two kinds of extrusomes. (3) Cortical granules distributed between ciliary rows. (4) Left views, to show variations in body shape and in the number and distribution of contractile vacuoles. (5) Left view, note the dorsal brush. (6) Left-ventral view showing the detailed structure around the cytostome including the well-developed nematodesmata. (7–8) Infraciliature of right (7) and left (8) sides of the same specimen, arrows in Fig. 7 mark the suture. (9) Macronuclear nodules and distribution of the longer extrusomes, the shorter kind of extrusomes were not observed after protargol impregnation. CV: contractile vacuole, DB: dorsal brush, Ex: extrusome, Ma: macronuclear nodules, PK1–2: perioral kineties 1 and 2. Scale bars in (1, 4)—100 µm, in (2) – 10 µm, in (7, 8)—80 µm.
FIGURES 1–6 in First records of three Tripartiella species (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophora, Peritrichida) from freshwater fishes along Yangtze River in China
FIGURES 1–6. Photomicrographs of silver impregnated adhesive disc of Tripartiella species. 1-2. Tripartiella obtusa Ergens & Lom, 1970; 3-4. Tripartiella orthodens Basson & Van As, 1987; 5-6. Tripartiella macrosoma Basson & Van As, 1987. (Scale bars = 20µm).
FIGURES 7–9 in First records of three Tripartiella species (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophora, Peritrichida) from freshwater fishes along Yangtze River in China
FIGURES 7–9. Diagramatic drawings of the denticles of three Tripartiella species. 7. Tripartiella obtusa Ergens & Lom, 1970; 8. Tripartiella orthodens Basson & Van As, 1987; 9 Tripartiella macrosoma Basson & Van As, 1987.
FIGURE 2 in The morphology and SSU rRNA gene sequence analysis of a poorly-known brackish water ciliate, Pinacocoleps tesselatus (Kahl, 1930) (Ciliophora, Colepidae) from Hangzhou Bay, China
FIGURE 2. Photomicrographs of Pinacocoleps tesselatus (Kahl, 1930) from live cells (A–G), after silver carbonate impregnation (H, J), and after protargol impregnation (I). (A) Lateral view of a typical individual. (B) Anterior secondary plate. (C) Anterior main plate. (D) Posterior main plate. (E) Posterior secondary plate. (F) A squashed specimen showing the arrangement of plates. (G) Posterior view, arrows mark the posterior spines. (H) Lateral view, arrows denote the oral basket, arrowheads mark the extrusomes. (I) Anterior view, showing the oral structure, arrows indicate the adoral organelles. (J) Lateral view, showing the ciliary pattern. Scale bars (in A, J) = 30 μm; in (B–H) = 10 μm.
FIGURE 1 in The morphology and SSU rRNA gene sequence analysis of a poorly-known brackish water ciliate, Pinacocoleps tesselatus (Kahl, 1930) (Ciliophora, Colepidae) from Hangzhou Bay, China
FIGURE 1. Morphology and infraciliature of Pinacocoleps tesselatus (Kahl, 1930) Foissner et al. 2008 (A–E), P. similis (Kahl, 1933) Chen et al. 2010 (F, G), P. heteracanthus (Noland, 1937) Chen et al. 2010 (H), P. arenarius (Bock, 1952) Chen et al. 2010 (I), P. spiralis (Noland, 1937) Chen et al. 2010 (J), P. i n c u r v u s (Ehrenberg, 1833) Foissner et al. 2008 (K), and P. pulcher (Spiegel, 1926) Foissner et al. 2008 (L). (A) Lateral view of typical individual. (B) One row of plates. The circumoral plate is omitted. (C) Ciliary pattern at apical end of body. (D) Ciliary pattern of P. t e s s e l a t u s. (E) P. tesselatus (Kahl, 1930) (from Kahl 1930). (F) P. similis (Kahl, 1933) (from Chen et al. 2010). (G) P. similis (Kahl, 1933) (from Borror 1972). (H) P. heteracanthus (Noland, 1937) (from Noland 1937). (I) P. arenarius (Bock, 1952) (from Bock 1952). (J) P. spiralis (Noland, 1937) (from Noland 1937). (K) P. i n c u r v u s (Ehrenberg, 1933) (from Kahl 1930). (L) P. pulcher (Spiegel, 1926) (from Kahl 1930). AO = adoral organelle; AS = anterior spine; CC = caudal cilium; CK = circumoral kinety; Ma = macronucleus; Mi = micronucleus; PC = perioral ciliature; PS = posterior spine; SK = somatic kinety. Scale bars = 30 μm.
FIGURE 3 in The morphology and SSU rRNA gene sequence analysis of a poorly-known brackish water ciliate, Pinacocoleps tesselatus (Kahl, 1930) (Ciliophora, Colepidae) from Hangzhou Bay, China
FIGURE 3. Maximum likelihood (ML) phylogenetic tree based on the small subunit (SSU) rDNA of Pinacocoleps tesselatus and other colepids. Numbers at branching points show bootstrap values of 1,000 replicates for ML tree and posterior probability for Bayesian (BI) tree, respectively. Fully supported (100%/1.00) branches are marked with solid circles. The scale bar corresponds to 10 substitutions per 100 nucleotide positions. Taxonomic classification mainly follows Lynn (2008). GenBank numbers follow species names.
FIGURE 1 in An annotated and revised checklist of pleurostome ciliates (Protista: Ciliophora: Litostomatea) from Slovakia, Central Europe
FIGURE 1. Schematic map of Europe with Slovakia highlighted in yellow (A). Map of Slovakia showing the river network (B). Towns are written in ordinary font, water bodies (rivers, water reservoirs and artificial dams) in italics, and countries bordering Slovakia in spaced type.
FIGURE 4 in Morphology and Phylogeny of a New Frontonia Ciliate, F. paramagna spec. nov. (Ciliophora, Peniculida) from Harbin, Northeast China
FIGURE 4. ML and BI trees based on SSU rRNA gene sequences (Dataset II) computed with PHYML and MrBayes. The first and second values at the nodes represent bootstrap values for ML and BI analyses, respectively; a '*' indicates a disagreement in topology that could not be represented on the consensus tree. The scale bar represents 5 changes per 100 positions. The sequences of Trimyema munutum and Plagiopyla frontata were used to root the tree. The position of the new species in the phylogenetic trees is marked with an arrow.
FIGURE 2 in Morphology and Phylogeny of a New Frontonia Ciliate, F. paramagna spec. nov. (Ciliophora, Peniculida) from Harbin, Northeast China
FIGURE 2. Frontonia paramagna spec. nov. from life (A, B, F, G, I) and after staining with silver carbonate (D, E, H, J, K, M) and silver nitrate (C, L). A. Ventral view of a typical individual; arrow marks the contractile vacuole. B. Dorsal view of a typical individual. C. Arrow indicates the contractile vacuole pore. D. The postoral kineties. E. Arrows mark the somatic kineties. F-G. Photomicrographs of buccal field (arrows), showing vestibular kineties, paroral membrane and peniculi 1, 2, 3. H. To show the argentophilic line (the arrow below) and the paroral membrane (the arrow above). I, J. The spindle-shaped trichocyst. K. The macronucleus. L. Arrow indicates the peniculus 3. M. Photomicrograph of peniculi1, 2, 3 (P1, P2, P3). Scale bars in (B, C) = 200 µm; PM, paroral membrane; VK, vestibular kineties; PK, postoral kineties; Ma, macronucleus
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