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New records of two pleurostomatids (Ciliophora: Litostomatea) from Korea

  • Kim, Se-Joo (Korean Bioinformation Center, Korea Research Institute Bioscience and Biotechnology) ;
  • Min, Gi-Sik (Department of Biological Sciences, Inha University)
  • Received : 2016.07.25
  • Accepted : 2016.10.13
  • Published : 2016.10.31
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Abstract

Two pleurostomatid ciliates, Amphileptus litonotiformis Song, 1991 and Kentrophyllum setigerum (Quennerstedt, 1867), were collected from the coastal waters of Korea. Their morphologies are described based on live observation and protargol impregnation, and their diagnoses and morphometrics are provided. Additionally, sequence information of small subunit ribosomal RNA obtained from two species were reported.

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