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http://dx.doi.org/10.5635/ASED.2013.29.2.144

New Record of Two Marine Ciliates (Ciliophora: Spirotrichea) in South Korea  

Kim, Kang-San (Department of Biological Sciences, Inha University)
Jung, Jae-Ho (Department of Biological Sciences, Inha University)
Min, Gi-Sik (Department of Biological Sciences, Inha University)
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Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity / v.29, no.2, 2013 , pp. 144-151 More about this Journal
Abstract
Two marine hypotrichous ciliates, Anteholosticha petzi and Ponturostyla enigmatica, were collected from the Yellow Sea and the Korea Strait, respectively, and described using live observation and protargol-impregnated specimens. Furthermore, the nuclear small subunit ribosomal RNA gene of each was sequenced and compared to previously annotated sequences retrieved from the GenBank. Anteholosticha petzi is characterized by 3 frontal cirri (FC), 2 frontoterminal cirri (FTC), 8-12 transverse cirri (TC), 1 buccal cirrus (BC), 9-12 midventral pairs (MP), 3 bipolar dorsal kineties (DK), and 3 types of colorless cortical granules. Ponturostyla enigmatica is characterized by 8 FC, 5 ventral cirri (VC), 5-7 TC, 6-7 marginal rows (MR) on each side, 4 complete and 2-3 partial DK, and greenish cortical granules. This is the first identification and description of these 2 species, A. petzi and P. enigmatica, in South Korea.
Keywords
Anteholosticha petzi; Ponturostyla enigmatica; marine ciliate; SSU rRNA gene;
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