A further study on littoral ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora) near King George Island, Antarctica, with description of a new genus and seven new species

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Apr 2008 English Publisher:Informa UK LimitedJournal:Journal of Natural History, volume 42, pages 979-1,012 (issn: 0022-2933, eissn: 1464-5262,

Authors: Norbert Wilbert; Weibo Song;

doi: 10.1080/00222930701877540

A further study on littoral ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora) near King George Island, Antarctica, with description of a new genus and seven new species

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Twenty‐eight littoral ciliates including one new genus and seven new species were collected from King George Island, Antarctica. Among them, 21 species are morphologically and taxonomically described in this paper: Bickella antarctica nov. gen., nov. spec., Chlamydonella apoprostomata nov. spec., Condylostoma spatiosum Ozaki and Yagiu in Yagiu, 1944, Diophrys scutum Dujardin, 1842, Diophrys aff. oligothrix Borror, 1965, Diophrys appendiculata (Ehrenberg, 1838), Euplotes balteatus (Dujardin, 1841), Euplotes dragescoi nov. spec., Euplotes petzi nov. spec., Euplotes rariseta Curds et al., 1974, Euplotes vannus (Mueller, 1786), Hartmannula angustipilosa Deroux and Dragesco, 1968, Hemigastrostyla szaboi Wilbert and Song, 2005, Holosticha antarctica nov. spec., Holosticha apodiademata nov. spec., Holosticha diademata (Rees, 1884), Litonotus sp., Metaurostylopsis marina (Kahl, 1932), Pleuronema coronatum Kent, 1881, Pseudocohnilembus persalinus Evans and Thompson, 1964, Urotricha antarctica nov. spec. The new ge...

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