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Fig. 1 in Studies on Three Diverse Frontonia Species (Ciliophora, Peniculida), with Brief Notes on 14 Marine or Brackish Congeners
Fig. 1. Frontonia guangdongensis spec. nov. in vivo (A–D, H–M), after protargol (E–G, N–Q, S) and silver nitrate (R, T) impregnation. A, H – ventral view of a typical individual; B, I – different body shapes; C – part of a pellicle, to show extrusomes; D – extrusomes; E, F – infraciliature in ventral and dorsal views, macronucleus, and contractile vacuole pore of a holotype specimen; G – infraciliature of the buccal area; J – buccal area; K – ventral view, arrows show polygonal crystal granules, double arrowhead marks the single macronucleus, arrowhead exhibits the contractile vacuole; L – anterior end of cell, arrowheads mark the anterior suture; M – posterior part of the cell, arrowheads mark the caudal cilia, arrows show extrusomes; N, R – structure of the buccal region, arrows on R depict postoral kineties and arrowheads mark vestibular kineties; O – macronucleus and micronucleus, arrow marks micronucleus and arrowhead shows ingested algae; P, Q, T – anterior suture (arrowhead in P) and postoral suture (arrowheads in Q, T); S – somatic kineties. CVP – contractile vacuole pore; Ma – macronucleus; Mi – micronucleus; P1–P3 – peniculi 1, 2, 3; PK – postoral kineties, PM – paroral membrane; VK – vestibular kineties. Scale bars: A = 60 μm, E, F = 40 μm, H, I = 70 μm, J = 20 μm.
Fig. 5A–R in Morphology and Ontogenesis of a Marine Ciliate, Euplotes balteatus (Dujardin, 1841) Kahl, 1932 (Ciliophora, Euplotida) and Definition of Euplotes wilberti nov. spec.
Fig. 5A–R. Morphology from life, infraciliature and silverline system of four morphologically similar Euplotes species. A–E – Euplotes minuta (from Song and Wilbert 1997a); F–J – Euplotes parabalteatus (from Jiang et al. 2010a); K–O – Euplotes orientalis (from Jiang et al. 2010b); P–R – Euplotes raikovi (from Jiang et al. 2010b). Scale bar: 20 µm.
Fig. 2A–P in Taxonomic Studies on Three Marine Ciliates from China, Including a New Species (Ciliophora, Cyrtophorida)
Fig. 2A–P. Trochilioides tenuis from life (A, D, H–L, N) and after protargol impregnation (B, C, E–G, M, O, P). A – ventral side of a representative individual; B, C – from Deroux (1976c); D – dorsal view in vivo; E, F – individuals in division; G – to show infraciliature; H, I – ventral views, arrow (H) refers to cytostome; J – dorsal view, arrowhead points to contractile vacuole; K – to show pellicle granules in dorsal side; L – details of cytoplasm, arrowhead marks contractile vacuole and arrow indicates macronucleus; M, O – infraciliature of different individuals, arrow (O) refers to equatorial fragment; N – ventral view; P – dorsal view. Co – circumoral kineties; EF – equatorial fragment; FvK – frontoventral kineties; LK – left kineties; Pr – preoral kinety; TF – terminal fragment. Scale bars: 20 µm.
Figs 68–71 in Taxonomic Revision and Neotypification of Zosterodasys transversus (Kahl, 1928), with Description of a Mirror-Image Doublet (Ciliophora, Phyllopharyngea, Synhymeniida)
Figs 68–71. Zosterodasys azerbaijanicus after protargol impregnation (from Aliev 1990). 68, 70, 71 – ventral, lateral and dorsal views of ciliary pattern and nuclear as well as contractile vacuole apparatus, length 150 µm, 125 µm and 150 µm; 69 – ciliary pattern in oral region. Figs 72–75. Zosterodasys jankowskii after protargol impregnation (from Aliev 1990). 72, 75 – ventral and dorsal views of ciliary pattern and arrangement of contractile vacuoles, length 190 µm; 73 – detail of ciliary pattern in anterior body portion; 74 – nuclear apparatus.
Fig. 2A–L in Morphology and Ontogenesis of a Marine Ciliate, Euplotes balteatus (Dujardin, 1841) Kahl, 1932 (Ciliophora, Euplotida) and Definition of Euplotes wilberti nov. spec.
Fig. 2A–L. Morphogenesis of Euplotes balteatus after protargol impregnation. A, B – ventral view and macronucleus of the same specimen at an early stage to show the appearance of frontoventral transverse cirral anlagen, the developing oral primordium and macronuclear replication bands (arrows); C, D – slightly later divider, ventral view and macronucleus of the same specimen, indicating 5 FVT-cirral streaks (arrowheads) and the enlarging oral primordium; arrows point to the replication bands; E, F – ventral and dorsal views of the same specimen to show the marginal cirral anlagen (arrowheads), cirrus I/1 anlage and the newly formed dorsal kinety anlagen (DKA, macronuclear replication bands (arrows)); G, H – ventral and dorsal views of the same specimen, showing the fragmentation of the cirral anlagen, the formation of cirrus I/1 anlage for the opisthe (arrow), the UM-anlage for the opisthe and the development of the anlagen both of the marginal cirri (arrowheads) and of the dorsal kineties; I, J – ventral and dorsal views of the same middle-stage divider to show the completion of the cirral development, the differentiation of the caudal cirri (double arrowheads), the development of cirrus I/1 for the opisthe (arrow) and the marginal cirri (arrowheads); K, L – ventral and dorsal views of a late divider, showing the migration of the cirri, the development of the dorsal kineties and the dividing macronucleus. Arrowheads indicate the marginal cirri and arrows point to the caudal cirri. FVTA – frontoventral-transverse anlagen, Ma – macronucleus, DKA – dorsal kinety anlagen, MCA – migratory cirral anlagen, UMA – undulating membrane anlagen, MC – migratory cirri, OP – oral primordium. Scale bar: 30 µm.
Fig. 4A–O. Trochilioides recta and its congeners whose infraciliature are known. A–C, E, H in Taxonomic Studies on Three Marine Ciliates from China, Including a New Species (Ciliophora, Cyrtophorida)
Fig. 4A–O. Trochilioides recta and its congeners whose infraciliature are known. A–C, E, H – Trochilioides recta, A and B from Kahl (1928), C from Kahl (1931), E from Borror (1972), H from Deroux (1976); D – Orthotrochilia agamalievi (syn. Trochilioides recta sensu Agamaliev, 1974), from Agamaliev (1974); F – Trochilioides recta sensu Dragesco, 1966, from Dragesco (1966); G – Trochilioides trivialis, from Fenchel (1965); I – T. tenuis, from Deroux (1976); J, K – T. bathybius, J from Jankowski (1967), K from Deroux (1976); L – T. dispar, from Fauré-Fremiet (1965); M – T. littoralis, from Jankowski (1967); N, O – T. fimbriatus, from Foissner (1984), arrowhead (O) points to the basket-curtain. Scale bars: 20 µm.
Figs 1–22 in Taxonomic Revision and Neotypification of Zosterodasys transversus (Kahl, 1928), with Description of a Mirror-Image Doublet (Ciliophora, Phyllopharyngea, Synhymeniida)
Figs 1–22. Zosterodasys transversus, neotype specimens from life (1, 5, 6, 15, 16) and after protargol impregnation (2–4, 7–14, 17–22). 1 – ventral view of a representative specimen; 2 – surface view of cortex showing a fibre bundle extending parallel to and right of the somatic kineties; 3, 4 – ventral view of ciliary pattern and nuclear as well as oral apparatus of main neotype specimens; 5 – lateral view; 6 – surface view showing cortical granulation; 7 – ventrolateral view of a specimen packed with six diatoms; 8–14 – variability of macronucleus which ranges from roundish (13), broadly ellipsoidal (12), ellipsoidal (10) to very narrowly ellipsoidal (8). Rarely it is lenticular (11), curved (9) or obclavate (14); 15, 16 – ventral view of specimens with strongly vacuolated cytoplasm. Drawn to scale; 17–22 – variability of body shape and size as well as of nuclear apparatus. Drawn to scale. BB – basal bodies, C – cilia, CV – contractile vacuoles, D – ingested diatoms, G – cortical granules, MA – macronucleus, MI – micronucleus, OA – oral apparatus, PB – pharyngeal basket, PM – postciliary microtubules, SY – synhymenium, V – vacuoles. Scale bars: 50 µm (1, 3, 4, 7) and 100 µm (15–22).
Figure 2 in Frontonia anatolica n. sp., a new peniculid ciliate (Protista, Ciliophora) from Lake Van, Turkey
Figure 2. Photomicrographs of Frontonia anatolica n. sp. from live specimens (a–f, j), after silver nitrate (g, i, l, m), and silver carbonate impregnation (h, k). a–d) General morphology of live specimens. e) A view of contractile vacuole. Arrow marks excretory pore, arrowheads mark collecting canals. f) Surface view showing extrusomes (arrowheads). g) Ciliary pattern of dorsal side. h) Ventral view of silver carbonate impregnated specimen showing somatic and oral structures in same focal plane due to the strong body flattening. i) Silverline system. j) Extrusomes beneath pellicule. k) Oral apparatus in early divisional stage. l, m) Oral ciliature showing 3 almost parallel, slightly curved peniculi on the left wall of the oral cavity and the paroral membrane vestibular kineties on the right. Arrowheads mark postoral kineties. CV = Contractile vacuole; Di = Diatom; E = Extrusome; EP = Excretory pore; LD = Lipid droplets?; Ma= Macronucleus; Mi= Micronucleus; OA= Oral apparatus; PM= Paroral membrane; P1–3 = Peniculus 1–3; PeS = Preoral suture; PoS = Postoral suture; VK1–3 = Vestibular kineties 1–3.
Fig. 1. Epistylis semiciculus n in Morphological and molecular identification of epibiontic sessilid Epistylis semiciculus n. sp. (ciliophora, Peritrichia) from Procambarus clarkia (Crustacea, Decapoda) in China
Fig. 1. Epistylis semiciculus n. sp. in vivo. A. Morphotype I stick to the gill of P. clarkia, double arrow shows Carchesium sp., arrow shows the zooids of Poulation I. B. Morphotype II stick to the pereopods of P. clarkia, arrow shows the zooids of Poulation II. Uncontracted zooids of morphotype I. C. Colony of morphotype I. D. Colony of Morphotype II. E. Uncontracted zooids of Morphotype II. F. Stalk, arrow shows the transverse striation. G, H. Macronucleus. I. Transverse striations on pellicle. ATB, aboral trochal band; CV, Contractile vacuole; Ma, macronucleus; PD, peristomial disk; PL, peristomial lip. Scale bars: A = 200 μm; B = 3 mm; C = 40 μm; D = 400 μm; E, F, G, H, I = 20 μm.
Figure 2. Vorticella pyriforme Stiller, 1939. A in The first finding of sessile ciliates Vorticella pyriforme Stiller, 1939 and Zoothamnium sinense Song, 1991 (Ciliophora, Peritrichia) in the Black Sea
Figure 2. Vorticella pyriforme Stiller, 1939. A – modified from Warren, 1986, scale bar: 25 µm; B – original, in vivo, scale bar: 75 µm.
Figure 16 in Biogeography of marine tintinnid ciliates (Ciliophora, Tintinnida): a Scale-Dependent Model
Figure 16. Results of cluster analysis (Simpson index) of species compositions of tintinnid ciliates in the Arctic Ocean; in nodes of dendrogram, the results of bootstrap-analysis are marked.
Figure 4 in Biogeography of marine tintinnid ciliates (Ciliophora, Tintinnida): a Scale-Dependent Model
Figure 4. Long-term dynamics of seasonal changes in the taxonomic structure of tintinnids in the Sevastopol Bay (1998-2011). After Gavrilova & Dovgal (2019b).
Figure 12 in Biogeography of marine tintinnid ciliates (Ciliophora, Tintinnida): a Scale-Dependent Model
Figure 12. Results of cluster analysis (Simpson index) of species compositions of tintinnid ciliates in the Pacific Ocean; in nodes of dendrogram, the results of bootstrap-analysis are marked.
Figures 39–44 in Redescription of Pseudovorticella cylindrica (Dons, 1915) nov. comb. and Zoothamnium hiketes Precht, 1935, two poorly defined marine peritrichs (Ciliophora: Peritrichia) from the north China Sea
Figures 39–44. Species of Vorticella and Pseudovorticella that are similar to Pseudovorticella cylindrica. (39) Pseudovorticella patellina (from Song and Warren 2000). (40) Vorticella campanula (from Kahl 1935). (41) Vorticella campanula (from Noland and Finley 1931). (42) Vorticella nebulifera (from Song 1991a). (43) Pseudovorticella punctata (from Warren 1987). (44) Vorticella marina (from Song 1991a). Scale bars: 70 mm (39); 30 mm (41, 42); 20 mm (43, 44).
FIGURE 1 in Taxonomic revision of the ciliate genus Zosterodasys Deroux, 1978 (Protista: Ciliophora: Synhymeniida)
FIGURE 1. Diagram of general body organization and ciliary pattern in Zosterodasys.
FIGURE 1 in A checklist of species of Podophryidae (Ciliophora: Suctoria) as Epibionts of Crustaceans
FIGURE 1. Geographic distribution of species of family Podophryidae as epibionts of crustaceans.
Fig. 2 in On the Enigmatic Hook of the Metaradiophryids (Alveolata, Ciliophora)
Fig. 2. Metaradiophrya from life under differential interference contrast illumination (DIC). a, b – ventral views of the ciliate; c – division stage; d – division furrow; e – anterior part of the ciliate showing the details of the hook region. cv – contractile vacuole, manu – macronucleus, pcv – porus of contractile vacuole. Scale bars: 20 µm (a, b, e), 50 µm (c), 10 µm (d).
Fig. 2 in Morphological Redescription and SSU rDNA-based Phylogeny of Two Freshwater Ciliates, Uronema nigricans and Lembadion lucens (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea), with Discussion on the Taxonomic Status of Uronemita sinensis
Fig. 2. Uronema nigricans and Lembadion lucens in vivo (A, B) and after protargol (C–F) staining. (A, B) Right ventrolateral view (A) and ventral view (B) of a representative individual of Uronema nigricans and Lembadion lucens, respectively, arrows point to contractile vacuole. (C–F) Ventral (C, D) and dorsal (E, F) views of representative individuals of Uronema nigricans and Lembadion lucens, respec- tively, to show the ciliature and nuclear apparatus. AM, adoral membranelle; CC, basal body of caudal cilia; M1–3, membranelles 1–3; PM, paroral membrane; Sc, scutica; SK1, the somatic kinety right of buccal field; SKn, the somatic kinety left of buccal field. Scale bars: 15 μm (A, C, F); 30 μm (B, D, E).
Fig. 6 in Reconstruction of Evolutionary History of Pleurostomatid Ciliates (Ciliophora, Litostomatea, Haptoria): Interplay of Morphology and Molecules
Fig. 6. Quartet likelihood mapping showing distribution of phylogenetic signal in the 18S rRNA gene alignment for three possible relationships among pleurostomatid families. Coding of groups: A – Amphileptidae, E – Epiphyllidae, L – Litonotidae, O – outgroup.
Fig. 1 in Morphogenesis and Molecular Characterization of a Little Known Soil Ciliate, Oxytricha nauplia Berger et Foissner, 1987 (Ciliophora, Sporadotrichida)
Fig. 1. Sample sites and surrounding areas.
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