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Two new marine ciliates, Euplotes sinicus sp. nov. and Euplotes parabalteatus sp. nov., and a new small subunit rRNA gene sequence of Euplotes rariseta (Ciliophora, Spirotrichea, Euplotida).
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 May 2010
Jiang Jiamei, Zhang Qianqian, Hu Xiaozhong, Shao Chen, Al-Rasheid Khaled A S, Song Weibo
Abstract excerpt
The morphology, infraciliature and silverline system of two marine Euplotes, Euplotes sinicus sp. nov. and Euplotes parabalteatus sp. nov., isolated from seawater near Qingdao, China, were investigated. E. sinicus is characterized by having conspicuous dorsal ridges, a single marginal cirrus and a silverline system of the double-patella-I type. E. parabalteatus is an extremely small form (only about 35 mum long)...
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