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Seasonal fluctuation and vertical distribution of Paraphysomonas(Chrysophyceae) off the coast near Syowa Station, East Ongul Island, Antarctica: -(Preliminary report)

  • TAKAHASHI Eiji
    • 한국생태학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1999.05a
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    • pp.55-62
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    • 1999
  • Four species of Paraphysomonas collected from the fast- ice covered area Syowa Station, East Ongul Island ($69^{\circ}00'S,\;39^{\circ}35'$) ,Antarctica occurred in the seawater throughout the year and occasionally in the sea ice. P.. antarctica is distributed to a water depth of 35m at 51.3 during the period from August 1983 to January 1984 and also down to 600m St. 5 in September 1983 at cell concentrations of 300-350 cells/ml. The Paraphysomonas spp. were dominant during the period from July to November 1983 in the area studied. The mode of the occurrence and vertical distribution of Paraphysomonas apparently coresponds to those of the bacteria and orgarnic debris-like matter in the seawater. The main components of the plankton population in the area studied, under ice-covered conditions, are Paraphysomonas, Choanoflagellates and bacteria. This work clarified that Paraphysomonas is one o f the most important bacterivores in the microbial loop of the Antarctic marine ecosystem.

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Free-living Heterotrophic Stramenopile Flagellates from Gippsland Basin, South-eastern Australia

  • Lee, Won-Je
    • ALGAE
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.23-29
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    • 2007
  • Free-living heterotrophic stramenopile flagellates, which lack chloroplasts, were encountered in deep-sea sediments of Gippsland Basin (Australia) and classified into 10 species (8 genera, 5 families, 3 orders). Their descriptions were based on living specimens by light microscopy. Those species rarely found in this study were Bicosoeca gracilipes, Caecitellus parvulus, Cafeteria minuta, Cafeteria roenbergensis, Pseudobodo tremulans, Spumella sp., Paraphysomonas sp., Actinomonas mirabilis, Ciliophrys infusionum and Developayella elegans. Their morphological characters and geographic distribution are presented.

Scale Morphologies for Identification of Marine Nanoflagellates (해양 미소 편모조류의 종 동정을 위한 인편 형태에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Hyeung-Sin;Jung, Min-Min
    • ALGAE
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.305-314
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    • 2005
  • 5 Haptophyta 2 Chrysophyta and 1 Prasinophyta species of scale-bearing nanoflagellates were collected in coastal water of Korea and identified by examination of their scales with Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (JSM-6700F). These included Chrysochromulina ahrengoti, C. simplex, C. spinifera, Prymnesium parvum, P. patelliferum, Mamiella gilva, Paraphysomonas imperforata and Pa. vestita. The surface of cells covered with unmineralised scales (5 Haptophyte and 1 Prasinophyta species) or silica scales (2 Chrysophyta species). Scale-covered flagella are found in the 1 Prasinophyta species. One of the main structural characteristics of Haptophyte is the haptonema, a filiform organelle which occurs together with the two flagella. It may be long and coiling upon irritation as in Chrysochromulina, or short and noncoiling as in Prymnesium.

Silica-scaled chrysophytes from Mt. Sinbul wetland in South Korea

  • Han Soon, Kim;Jae Hak, Lee
    • Journal of Species Research
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.253-265
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    • 2022
  • A study on silica-scaled chrysophytes(Chrysophyceae and Synurophyceae) from Mt. Sinbul alpine wetland, South Korea was performed from January 2018 to March 2020 using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). We found a total of 19 taxa of silica-scaled chrysophytes; Mallomonas(13); Synura (3); Chromophysomonas (1); Chrysosphaerella (1); and Paraphysomonas(1), of which six taxa, including two new species(Mallomonas dimorphus sp. nov. and Mallomonas alpestris sp. nov.), were reported for the first time in Korea. All the species are illustrated with SEM micrographs and briefly described with regard to their taxonomy. Two new species were described based on the cell shape, size and ultrastructure of the scales and bristles. Mallomonas dimorphus sp. nov. belongs to the Sectio Heterospinae in that its scales have a flat dome, a reticulated secondary layer and needle shaped bristles. However, this species is distinguished from other taxa in the Sectio by two different patterns of shield ornamentation and a dome ornamentation. Mallomonas alpestris sp. nov. belongs to Series Torquatae (Sectio Torquatae) characterized elongated domed collar scales, domeless body scales and rear scales with a short spine. However, it is different from all other taxa in the Sectio Torquatae as well as Series Torquatae by shield ornamentation of the body and rear scales with evenly spaced transverse ribs and papillae.